Paymenter: Race condition in payWithCredit() enables credit double-spend

Summary

CVECVE-2026-55219
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-20 21:16:48 UTC
Updated2026-07-20 22:17:16 UTC
DescriptionPaymenter is a free and open-source webshop solution for management of hosting services. In versions prior to 1.5.5, the credit payment implementation in app/Livewire/Invoices/Show.php executes a pessimistic row lock (lockForUpdate()) outside of an active database transaction. Because MySQL/MariaDB requires an enclosing transaction to enforce row-level locks, the guard is ineffective. Concurrent payment requests can exploit this race condition to read the same credit balance simultaneously, allowing users to pay multiple invoices using the same credit balance. In database systems like MySQL, a row lock only works inside a formal transaction; without one, the lock is completely ignored. Because there is no active lock, two payment requests sent at the exact same millisecond can look at the database at the same time. Both requests see the original credit balance, decide it is sufficient, and approve the payment. Because the payment processes successfully through ExtensionHelper::addPayment(), the application provisions the corresponding services or digital goods, resulting in direct financial or resource loss to the platform. This issue has been fixed in version 1.5.5.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-362 CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Paymenter Paymenter affected < 1.5.5 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/Paymenter/Paymenter/security/advisories/GHSA-pgcq-8grm-5rx9 [email protected] github.com
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