CVE-2026-123702
Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated wp-config Keys and Salts Reset and Denial of Service
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated wp-config Keys and Salts Reset and Denial of Service
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
- Record
CVE-2026-123702- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
EUVDEUVD-2026-123206
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
- Record
EUVD-2026-123206- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-11
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fw3h-f59m-m57g
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is...
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
- Record
GHSA-fw3h-f59m-m57g- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
NVD
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.16 does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
- Record
CVE-2026-123702- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| severity | CVE List | |
| cwes, severity | GitHub Advisories | |
| severity | EUVD, NVD | |
| published | EUVD | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-123702 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Unknown Security For Woocommerce, published November 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.