Unauthenticated password recovery exploitation
Published May 25, 2026 · Updated May 25, 2026
Broken authentication in ThemeHigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to exploit password recovery. Published sources identify redirect payment gateways and an alternate authentication path, but do not disclose the affected handler or the operation that accepts an unauthenticated request. No account or user interaction is required; the reported consequence is limited to low-integrity changes or service interruption, with no data disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Broken authentication in ThemeHigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to exploit password recovery. Published sources identify redirect payment gateways and an alternate authentication path, but do not disclose the affected handler or the operation that accepts an unauthenticated request. No account or user interaction is required; the reported consequence is limited to low-integrity changes or service interruption, with no data disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-45217
- Published
- May 25, 2026
- Updated
- May 25, 2026
- Vendor
- ThemeHigh
- Product
- Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=5.0.7 changes=[{"at":"5.0.8","status":"unaffected"}]
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