Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-65557 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-65557 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-65557?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.9, published 27 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 6.8.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-65557?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-27: Version 6.8.1 released to address the vulnerability Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-65557 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-65557?
- Check whether you run Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 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
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress (versions <= 6.8.0). The flaw is due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79). An attacker with 'Shop Manager' or higher privileges can inject malicious HTML or JavaScript payloads that execute in the context of a victim's browser, typically requiring a more privileged user (like an Administrator) to interact with a specific page or link. This is classified as a stored XSS vulnerability with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9. The issue is resolved in version 6.8.1.
Affected products
- Tychesoftwares Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 6.8.0
Timeline
- 2026-06-09: other: Reported by researcher Ananda Dhakal via Patchstack
- 2026-07-24: advisory: Patchstack advisory published
- 2026-07-27: disclosed: CVE published to NVD dataset
- 2026-07-27: patched: Version 6.8.1 released to address the vulnerability