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CVE-2024-5861: WP Easy Pay (Free) <= 4.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Service Disconnection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.

Affected products

• saadiqbal WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square: before 4.2.4 — fixed in 4.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: saadiqbal WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square 4.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-pay/trunk/modules/payments/square-authorization.php#L199
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&new=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&new=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/446d458e-8b42-434e-a190-0af37a7d3afb?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-pay/trunk/modules/payments/square-authorization.php#L199
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&new=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&new=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/446d458e-8b42-434e-a190-0af37a7d3afb?source=cve

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