CVE-2026-16993 DHL for WooCommerce < 4.0.1 - Unauthenticated Shipping Label Disclosure via Unprotected Uploads Directory
Unauthenticated attackers can download sensitive shipping labels containing customer PII if the server ignores .htaccess files.
- 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-2026-16993?
CVE-2026-16993 is a low-severity vulnerability in Unknown DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce, published on 5 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not protect its shipping-label storage directory with server-independent access control, relying only on an Apache .htaccess file, so on a web server that does not honor .htaccess (such as nginx) an unauthenticated visitor can download stored shipping labels (each containing a customer's name and postal address) by requesting predictable filenames.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16993?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-16993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q7cc-q448-hh85.