vulnerability / NVI-00006989 / Revision 3
Paymenter has a credit-refund double-spend race condition in service downgrade (doUpgrade)
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for paymenter/paymenter. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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6.5 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
0.325%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.25624. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
paymenter/paymenter
source listed<= 1.5.6
### Summary The service downgrade implementation in `app/Livewire/Services/Upgrade.php::doUpgrade()` executes a proration calculation and a subsequent user credit refund without any transactional safety or database locks. The only concurrency check relies on an unisolated database query checking for existing pending upgrades. Because there is no active database transaction or pessimistic row-level lock spanning this validation and the subsequent credit update, concurrent downgrade requests can bypass the guard simultaneously. This allows a user to trigger multiple refunds for a single service downgrade. ### Technical Details The issue occurs because the application verifies eligibility using an unlocked read operation (`Service::upgradable`) which checks if a pending upgrade row exists. Since there is no enclosing `DB::transaction` or `lockForUpdate()`, multiple requests sent in parallel can all query the database at the same millisecond, observe that no pending upgrade exists, and pass the safety check. Once passed, each concurrent request inserts its own pending upgrade record and executes `$credit->increment('amount', abs($price))`. Because the balance updates are not serial
paymenter/paymenter
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 1.5.7
### Summary The service downgrade implementation in `app/Livewire/Services/Upgrade.php::doUpgrade()` executes a proration calculation and a subsequent user credit refund without any transactional safety or database locks. The only concurrency check relies on an unisolated database query checking for existing pending upgrades. Because there is no active database transaction or pessimistic row-level lock spanning this validation and the subsequent credit update, concurrent downgrade requests can bypass the guard simultaneously. This allows a user to trigger multiple refunds for a single service downgrade. ### Technical Details The issue occurs because the application verifies eligibility using an unlocked read operation (`Service::upgradable`) which checks if a pending upgrade row exists. Since there is no enclosing `DB::transaction` or `lockForUpdate()`, multiple requests sent in parallel can all query the database at the same millisecond, observe that no pending upgrade exists, and pass the safety check. Once passed, each concurrent request inserts its own pending upgrade record and executes `$credit->increment('amount', abs($price))`. Because the balance updates are not serial
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 1.5.7 for paymenter/paymenter. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
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- GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-71537 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 3 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 2 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.