CVE-2023-4040 — The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the eh_callback_handler function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to

01What is this vulnerability?

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the eh_callback_handler function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the order status of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
webtoffee	Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce	3.7.9

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-18T06:46:50.887Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-05T19:35:37.350Z

09References

• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef543c61-2acc-4b72-81f…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2954934/