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CVE-2026-73314

XenForo < 2.3.13 Signature Verification Bypass via PayPal REST Webhook

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.3.13
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

XenForo before 2.3.13 contains a signature verification logic error in the PayPal REST webhook handler that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass payment signature validation by submitting a webhook request with an unsupported auth_algo header value. When the algorithm cannot be mapped to a supported hash function, the verification function incorrectly returns true instead of failing, causing the caller to treat the fabricated request as verified and process the payment event without a valid PayPal signature.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • XenForo XenForo

    fixed in 2.3.13

References 5

xenforo.com

bombobombone.github.io

GitHub · BomboBombone/CVE-2026-73314

vulncheck.com