CVE-2026-120563: WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency SQL injection in currency parameter

CVE-2026-120563 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.9 · Published 2026-11-03

The WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency plugin for WordPress handles currency exchange rates in an online store. A vulnerability in how it validates currency data allows authenticated Shop Manager users to inject malicious SQL commands that can extract sensitive database information, such as customer records or payment data.

Vendors: WPML.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-120563 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-120563 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-120563?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.9, published 3 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
WPML WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency up to and including 5.5.7.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-120563?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-120563 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-120563?
Check whether you run WPML WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency 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.

Technical details

The vulnerability is a SQL injection flaw in the save_currency() AJAX handler that fails to properly sanitize currency exchange rate input before concatenating it into ORDER BY clauses. Authenticated attackers with Shop Manager level or higher can craft malicious payloads through the currency parameter to execute arbitrary SQL queries and retrieve sensitive data from the database.

Affected products

  • WPML WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency up to and including 5.5.7

Timeline

  • 2026-11-03: disclosed

References

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