Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 6.8.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Weak Recovery Link

2026-06-25 00:00

Shivamani Vastrala

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.8.2

Affected PluginAbandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 6.8.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2026-12585

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Vulnerability Overview

The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain access to other user's accounts, including administrators.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.8.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12585 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7f3b469-9a6c-4cc1-bb27-bd57bbae7208

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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