CVE-2026-14182 Auth bypass in Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce
Unauthenticated attackers can take over accounts of unverified users via a type-juggling flaw in the email verification code validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14182?
CVE-2026-14182 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 3.2.6 does not correctly validate the email-verification activation code, relying on a loose comparison that an attacker can satisfy with a crafted value type, allowing unauthenticated users to verify and take over the account of any registered user who has not yet confirmed their email address.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14182?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14182?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14182 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-14182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pr3v-3whj-72rg.