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CVE-2026-123699: Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Forced Plugin, Theme and Core Updates

MediumCVSS 4.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before running bulk Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16, and WordPress core updates, allowing unauthenticated users to force every pending update to be installed on the site.

Published
Nov 11, 2026
Updated
Nov 11, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Security For WooCommerce

    • up to and including 1.0.16affected · semver

Same product

unknown: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-123695Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via REST API Options Update and User Token Disclosure
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-100109Security For WooCommerce 1.0.10 - 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via usfw_create_temporary_user
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-123700Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Mass Comment Deletion
    30Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-123697Nov 11, 2026 · Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Code and Secret Disclosure
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-123698Nov 11, 2026 · Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Disclosure via REST API
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-123701Nov 11, 2026 · Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Reset
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-1001096 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce 1.0.10 - 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via usfw_create_temporary_user
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1236960 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Reset
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1236970 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Code and Secret Disclosure
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1237000 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Mass Comment Deletion
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1237020 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated wp-config Keys and Salts Reset and Denial of Service
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1236980 days apartSecurity For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Disclosure via REST API
    21Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. CVSS— → 4.8
  2. Severity— → medium
  3. SSVC exploitation— → none
  4. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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