Auth bypass in Customer Email Verification For Woocommerce

CVE-2026-14182

The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 3.2.6 does not correctly validate the email-verification activation code, relying on a loose comparison that an attacker can satisfy with a crafted value type, allowing unauthenticated users to verify and take over the account of any registered user who has not yet confirmed their email address.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-14182: held from 0.003 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

  • Customer Email Verification For Woocommerce — versions 2.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14182?
CVE-2026-14182 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Customer Email Verification For Woocommerce, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-14182?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.