# CVE-2026-12585: Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Malleable Recovery-Link Token

> Unauthenticated attackers can forge recovery tokens to log in as other users if automatic login is enabled, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2qxh-5338-qmf6

## What is CVE-2026-12585?

CVE-2026-12585 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not protect the integrity of its cart-recovery tokens or bind them to the requesting account, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a recovery link that logs them in as another user when the automatic-login option is enabled.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12585?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-12585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-12585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-12585 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12585/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12585

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12585/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.