CVE-2025-15512
📋 TL;DR
The Aplazo Payment Gateway WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to change WooCommerce order statuses to 'pending payment'. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin up to version 1.4.2, potentially disrupting e-commerce operations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Aplazo Payment Gateway for WordPress
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could mass-change order statuses, causing order fulfillment chaos, customer confusion, and financial reconciliation issues for affected businesses.
Likely Case
Individual order status manipulation leading to customer service issues, delayed shipments, and minor operational disruption.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper monitoring and quick detection of unauthorized order status changes.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple HTTP request to vulnerable endpoint with order ID parameter. No authentication required.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.4.3 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aplazo-payment-gateway/tags/1.4.3/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update Aplazo Payment Gateway plugin to version 1.4.3 or newer via WordPress admin panel. 2. Verify update completed successfully. 3. Test payment functionality.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable endpoint via .htaccess
linuxBlock access to the vulnerable function by restricting the specific URL pattern
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^wp-content/plugins/aplazo-payment-gateway/includes/module/class-aplazo-module\.php$ - [F,L]
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Temporarily disable Aplazo Payment Gateway plugin and use alternative payment methods
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to the vulnerable endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel for Aplazo Payment Gateway plugin version. If version is 1.4.2 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=aplazo-payment-gateway --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.4.3 or higher in WordPress admin panel and test order status changes require proper authentication.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthenticated POST requests to /wp-content/plugins/aplazo-payment-gateway/includes/module/class-aplazo-module.php with order_id parameter
- Unexpected order status changes from 'processing' or 'completed' to 'pending payment'
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to vulnerable endpoint without authentication headers
- Multiple order status change requests from single IP
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "class-aplazo-module.php" AND "order_id" AND NOT ("wp-admin" OR "authenticated")