CVE-2026-33661 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.6) CWE-290 vulnerability in yansongda/pay. A fix is available for yansongda/pay — see the affected versions and patch details below.
WeChat Pay callback signature verification bypassed when Host header is localhost
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-33661.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-33661 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,156 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
yansongda/payReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
The verify_wechat_sign() function in src/Functions.php unconditionally skips all signature verification when the PSR-7 request reports localhost as the host. An attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted HTTP request to the WeChat Pay callback endpoint with a Host: localhost header, bypassing the RSA signature check entirely.
This allows forging fake WeChat Pay payment success notifications, potentially causing applications to mark orders as paid without actual payment.
Vulnerable Code
src/Functions.php lines 243-246:
function verify_wechat_sign(ResponseInterface|ServerRequestInterface $message, array $params): void
{
// BYPASS: Returns without any signature check if Host header is localhost
if ($message instanceof ServerRequestInterface && 'localhost' === $message->getUri()->getHost()) {
return; // No signature verified!
}
// ... openssl_verify() only reached when Host != localhost
$wechatSerial = $message->getHeaderLine('Wechatpay-Serial');
$sign = $message->getHeaderLine('Wechatpay-Signature');
$result = 1 === openssl_verify($content, base64_decode($sign), $public, 'sha256WithRSAEncryption');
}
In PSR-7 implementations (Nyholm, Guzzle PSR-7, etc.), $request->getUri()->getHost() reads the Host HTTP header, which is fully attacker-controlled.
Proof of Concept
curl -X POST https://merchant.example.com/payment/wechat/callback \
-H "Host: localhost" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Wechatpay-Serial: any" \
-H "Wechatpay-Timestamp: 1234567890" \
-H "Wechatpay-Nonce: abc" \
-H "Wechatpay-Signature: AAAA" \
-d '{"id":"fake-order","event_type":"TRANSACTION.SUCCESS"}'
verify_wechat_sign() returns immediately without verifying the signature. The application marks the order as paid.
Impact
- Payment fraud: Attacker receives goods/services without actual payment by forging WeChat Pay callbacks
- No authentication required: Pure network attack, zero privileges needed
- Wide reach: Affects any application using
yansongda/payfor WeChat Pay callback validation. However, in most environments, Nginx/Ingress/Cloudflare/WAF will directly reject the forgery of this request header, so there is no need to worry too much.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | yansongda/pay | all versions | 3.7.20composer require yansongda/pay:^3.7.20 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for yansongda/pay, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update yansongda/pay to 3.7.20 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-33661 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-33661 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2026-33661. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-33661 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2026-33661 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.