# CVE-2026-87968: Product Feed for Google Shopping < 5.3.2 - Unauthenticated Forced Store Registration

> Unauthenticated attackers can force store re-registration and overwrite the plugin's stored shop secret due to missing nonce and capability checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8964-f92q-cm7g

## What is CVE-2026-87968?

CVE-2026-87968 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant, published on 14 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant WordPress plugin before 5.3.2 does not perform a nonce or capability check on the AJAX action that registers the store with its feed service and exposes it to unauthenticated users, so any visitor can force the store to re-register and overwrite the Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant WordPress plugin before 5.3.2's stored shop secret.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-87968?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-87968?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-87968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-87968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-87968 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-87968 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant, published on 14 Oct 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-2026-87968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant. 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-2026-87968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87968/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-87968
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87968
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-87968

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87968/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.