CVE-2026-2838 Cross-site scripting in Whole Enquiry Cart for WooCommerce
Administrators can inject scripts via the success message parameter in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, affecting WooCommerce users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-2838?
CVE-2026-2838 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in idealwebdesignlk Whole Enquiry Cart for WooCommerce, published on 8 Apr 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Whole Enquiry Cart for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘woowhole_success_msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2838?
How do I fix CVE-2026-2838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-2838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v626-g2r5-w2g5.