CVE-2026-121518
What it is
The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 5.127.0 via the 'search' parameter of the cr_show_more_all_reviews and cr_show_more_reviews AJAX actions. This is due to the handlers being hooked on wp_ajax_nopriv_* without a capability check (and, in the product-page handler, with a nonce check that is behind a filter defaulting to false) while passing the visitor-supplied search string straight into get_comments() as the 'search' argument, which core expands into LIKE conditions over comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP and comment_content. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract review author email addresses and IP addresses — fields WordPress and WooCommerce never expose to the public — one character at a time by observing whether the returned result set matches a probed substring.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-200 · Information exposure
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-121518.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-121518. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/blocks/class-cr-all-reviews.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/blocks/class-cr-all-reviews.php#L407
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/blocks/class-cr-all-reviews.php#L584
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/reviews/class-cr-ajax-reviews.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/reviews/class-cr-ajax-reviews.php#L175
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/reviews/class-cr-ajax-reviews.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/tags/5.126.0/includes/reviews/class-cr-ajax-reviews.php#L284
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3791702/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3791702/customer-reviews-woocommerce/trunk/includes/blocks/class-cr-all-reviews.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e93acf29-8ff0-4412-9ff0-161f154b4311?source=cve