---
id: "CVE-2026-111409"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-111409"]
title: "YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: missing authorization check"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "woocommerce", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-16T13:16:56+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:27:19+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111409", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"}]
---

# YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: missing authorization check

The YITH PayPal Express Checkout plugin for WooCommerce lacks an authorization check on some functionality, so a user may reach actions they should not. The sources do not say which action or what data an attacker can read or change.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins, or `wp plugin get yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce --field=version`
- unknown for anything more specific

## Fix

- Update YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce to a version later than `1.61.0`
- unknown for a patched version number

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111409

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in YITH YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.61.0.

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