Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-1926 lets an unauthenticated internet user cancel active WooCommerce subscriptions on sites using the Subscriptions for WooCommerce plugin through version 1.9.2. It does not expose customer data or provide site takeover, but it can disrupt recurring revenue, customer access, and support operations.
Executive priority
Prioritize for ecommerce sites with meaningful subscription revenue. This is not a critical takeover issue, but unauthorized cancellations can cause revenue loss, customer churn, and operational cleanup. Address during the next urgent WordPress maintenance window.
Technical view
The vulnerable function `wps_sfw_admin_cancel_susbcription()` lacks capability checks and is hooked to WordPress `init`. It checks that a nonce parameter is non-empty but does not validate it with `wp_verify_nonce()`. An unauthenticated request can target a subscription ID and trigger cancellation. CVSS 3.1 is 5.3, CWE-862.
Likely exposure
Public WordPress sites using Subscriptions for WooCommerce versions up to and including 1.9.2 are the primary exposure. Risk is higher where WooCommerce subscriptions directly control billing, entitlements, or customer access.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is remotely reachable, unauthenticated, low complexity, and requires no user interaction, but documented impact is limited to unauthorized subscription cancellation.
Researcher notes
Evidence points to missing authorization and ineffective nonce validation in a function registered on `init`. The referenced WordPress Trac changeset should be reviewed to understand the vendor-side code change. Do not assume broader data access or privilege escalation from the provided sources alone.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all WordPress sites using Subscriptions for WooCommerce.
- Upgrade beyond version 1.9.2 if a fixed vendor release is available.
- If no fixed release is available, follow vendor guidance or temporarily disable the plugin.
- Review business processes for restoring incorrectly cancelled subscriptions.
- Restrict unnecessary public access to administrative or subscription-management endpoints where feasible.
Validation and detection
- Check installed plugin version on each WordPress site.
- Confirm whether version is 1.9.2 or earlier.
- Review web logs for unexpected subscription-cancellation requests and affected subscription IDs.
- Compare recent cancellations against customer, billing, and administrator activity.
- Validate remediation by confirming the vulnerable code path is no longer present.
Public sources used
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eabfdf29-eca9-4e4b-b809-23a83f5a91ac?source=cveCVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/tags/1.9.0/admin/class-subscriptions-for-woocommerce-admin.php#L831CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/trunk/admin/class-subscriptions-for-woocommerce-admin.php#L831CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/tags/1.9.0/includes/class-subscriptions-for-woocommerce.php#L248CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/class-subscriptions-for-woocommerce.php#L248CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3470887%40subscriptions-for-woocommerce%2Ftrunk&old=3449291%40subscriptions-for-woocommerce%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=CVE reference
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
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