# CVE-2026-97668: Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce <= 10.8.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via Guest Persistent Cart meta_value

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject SQL to extract data or escalate privileges to administrator via the guest cart meta_value field.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xc7m-7p9h-4hfm

## What is CVE-2026-97668?

CVE-2026-97668 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce, 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 Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the guest cart persistent meta_value in all versions up to, and including, 10.8.0 due to insufficient escaping on user supplied data and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the update_guest_persistent_cart() function. The abandoned_cart_info value, populated from attacker-controlled checkout fields such as the SMS consent field, is passed through stripslashes() and concatenated directly into an UPDATE statement while the adjacent SELECT and INSERT use prepared statements. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL to the query. Because the sink is an UPDATE ... SET on the wp_usermeta table, the injection can both extract sensitive information from the database via time-based blind techniques and modify usermeta rows; it has been demonstrated to escalate an arbitrary account to administrator by writing a wp_capabilities row that shadows the legitimate one.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97668?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-97668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-97668 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-97668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-97668 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-97668 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce, 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-2026-97668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Pro 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-2026-97668/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97668/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97668
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97668
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97668

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97668/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.