CVE-2026-32834
HIGHEasy PayPal Events & Tickets 1.3 Authentication Bypass via QR Code Scanning
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit technical-description
exploit
https://gist.github.com/4lec4st/eb20f9934f8c23b4b241f74a8d884ce9
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/easy-paypal-events-tickets-authentication-bypass-via-qr-code-scanning
Product product
patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-paypal-events-tickets
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (2)
Scott Paterson/easy-paypal-events-tickets
< 1.3
Scott Paterson/easy-paypal-events-tickets
< 1.4.0
Published
May 04, 2026
Tracked Since
May 04, 2026