---
id: CVE-2025-11271
title: >-
  The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order
  Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order
  verification bypass
summary: >-
  The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order
  Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order
  verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST
  body includes …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-807
published: '2025-11-06'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11271'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/includes/gateways/paypal/ipn.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/src/Gateways/PayPal/IPN.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3382964%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&old=3364285%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c63154e-9413-47ea-a740-441618266adf?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00323
epssPercentile: 0.23302
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:14.924Z'
---

## Overview

The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST body includes verification_override=1. Because this value is attacker-supplied, an unauthenticated actor can submit a forged IPN and have it treated as verified, even on production sites and with verification otherwise enabled. A valid PayPal transaction id is needed, restricting order manipulation to orders placed by the attacker.  This, in turn, requires them to have a customer account.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.