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payever - WooCommerce Gateway: Unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2026-93754)

The payever WooCommerce Gateway plugin for WordPress contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in versions 4.8.0 and earlier that allows unauthenticated remote code execution.

CVE search metadata

CVE search record: CVE-2026-93754. Severity: critical. CVSS: 9.8. KEV: no. Product: payever – WooCommerce Gateway (<= 4.8.0). Brief: payever - WooCommerce Gateway: Unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2026-93754). Brief link: https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-payever-rce/

Triage facts

Revision 1
Applicability
payever – WooCommerce Gateway (<= 4.8.0)
Evidence
Unknown
Severity
Critical
Action
Elevated
Sources
1 public source
Freshness
Revision 1Nov 7, 03:46 UTC
Detection
1 rule
Vulnerabilities
1 CVE
Source quality
A1Likely

The payever - WooCommerce Gateway plugin for WordPress (versions 4.8.0 and below) is vulnerable to an arbitrary file upload flaw that leads to remote code execution (RCE). The plugin exposes three WooCommerce-API callbacks (payever_set_sandbox_api_keys, payever_toggle_subscription, payever_synchronization_incoming) that lack authentication, authorization, or nonce verification.

The upload_image() routine within these callbacks fetches a file from a remote URL and writes it to the public WordPress uploads directory. Because the filename is derived from attacker-controlled input using basename() before the file type is validated, an attacker can force the plugin to write an executable PHP file to the server.

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker can upload arbitrary PHP scripts to the web server, leading to full remote code execution.

Recommendation

  • Update the "payever - WooCommerce Gateway" plugin to the latest available version beyond 4.8.0.
  • Implement access controls or WAF rules to restrict access to the WooCommerce API callbacks mentioned.
  • Audit the /wp-content/uploads/ directory for suspicious PHP files or scripts that were uploaded recently.

Immediate actions

Patch payever - WooCommerce Gateway plugin to version > 4.8.0

IT Operations 24h

Threat Hunt

Identify newly created .php files in the /wp-content/uploads/ directory

T1505.003 high high confidence hunt now

Data: File system change logs or web server file audit logs

Mitigations

Disable the payever plugin if an update is not immediately available

immediate IT Operations

CVE-2026-93754

Detection coverage 1

Detects CVE-2026-93754 Exploitation - Unauthorized WooCommerce API Callbacks

high

Detects unauthenticated HTTP requests to vulnerable payever WooCommerce Gateway API endpoints

sigma tactics: initial_access techniques: T1190 sources: webserver

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