CVE-2026-96255

Status: ReceivedHigh (7.5)—

The Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 does not prevent public access to a debug log in which it records payment requests, including the store's payment gateway API credentials in plain text, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain those credentials.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

FIRST hasn't scored this CVE yet (usual for very recent or rejected CVEs).

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Hubtel — Payments FOR Hubtel^AI

CWEs

CWE-200

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/726daec6-5e18-4ee1-9b97-3931f7f81c3c/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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