CVE-2026-118072: Fraud Prevention For WooCommerce and EDD missing authorization in blacklist

CVE-2026-118072 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-30

A WordPress plugin that prevents fraudulent orders and manages customer blacklists fails to verify user permissions before allowing customers to be blacklisted. This allows low-privilege users to maliciously blacklist legitimate customers, preventing them from placing orders on the store and disrupting business operations.

Vendors: WooCommerce.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-118072 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118072 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-118072?
Informational severity, published 30 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
WooCommerce Fraud Prevention For WooCommerce and EDD before 2.3.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118072?
Yes: fixed in 2.3.6. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-118072 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-118072?
Check whether you run WooCommerce Fraud Prevention For WooCommerce and EDD at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 2.3.6

Technical details

The plugin lacks authorization checks in the blacklist functionality, allowing any authenticated user with the Subscriber role or above to add arbitrary customers to the fraud blacklist without permission to manage orders. The vulnerability is a missing authorization (CWE-862) that can be exploited via direct action invocation. An attacker gains the ability to disrupt store operations by blacklisting legitimate customers.

Affected products

  • WooCommerce Fraud Prevention For WooCommerce and EDD before 2.3.6

Timeline

  • 2026-10-28: disclosed
  • 2026-10-30: advisory

References

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