CVE-2023-2986
Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 5.15.1 - Authentication Bypass
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, who are typically customers. Further security hardening was introduced in version 5.15.1 that ensures sites are no longer vulnerable through historical check-out links, and additional hardening was introduced in version 5.15.2 that ensured null key values wouldn't permit the authentication bypass.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.8
Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 5.15.1 - Authentication Bypass
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, who are typically customers. Further security hardening was introduced in version 5.15.1 that ensures sites are no longer vulnerable through historical check-out links, and additional hardening was introduced in version 5.15.2 that ensured null key values wouldn't permit the authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2023-2986- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34422
9.8
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, who are typically customers. Further security hardening was introduced in version 5.15.1 that ensures sites are no longer vulnerable through historical check-out links, and additional hardening was introduced in version 5.15.2 that ensured null key values wouldn't permit the authentication bypass.
- Record
EUVD-2023-34422- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-54x7-q6m6-mjqv
9.8
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication...
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, which users are typically customers.
- Record
GHSA-54x7-q6m6-mjqv- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.8
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, who are typically customers. Further security hardening was introduced in version 5.15.1 that ensures sites are no longer vulnerable through historical check-out links, and additional hardening was introduced in version 5.15.2 that ensured null key values wouldn't permit the authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2023-2986- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 5.15.1 - Authentication Bypass
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.14.2. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during the abandoned cart link decode through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have abandoned the cart, who are typically customers. Further security hardening was introduced in version 5.15.1 that ensures sites are no longer vulnerable through historical check-out links, and additional hardening was introduced in version 5.15.2 that ensured null key values wouldn't permit the authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2023-2986- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Alucard0x1/CVE-2023-2986 | 2023-06-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | Ayantaker/CVE-2023-2986 | 2023-06-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-2986 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Lite For Woocommerce, published June 8, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.5%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68052614-204f-4237-af0e-4b8210ebd59f?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-abandoned-cart/trunk/woocommerce-ac.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2922242
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-abandoned-cart/trunk/woocommerce-ac.php?rev=2916178
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2925274%40woocommerce-abandoned-cart&new=2925274%40woocommerce-abandoned-cart&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/tyche-softwares-addresses-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-abandoned-cart-lite-for-woocommerce-wordpress-plugin
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github.com/TycheSoftwares/woocommerce-abandoned-cart/pull/885
github.com/Ayantaker/CVE-2023-2986
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2986
packetstormsecurity.com/files/172966/WordPress-Abandoned-Cart-Lite-For-WooCommerce-5.14.2-Authentication-Bypass.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/173018/WordPress-Abandoned-Cart-Lite-For-WooCommerce-5.14.2-Authentication-Bypass.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-54x7-q6m6-mjqv
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2986.json