--- title: "WooCommerce Customer Email Verification - Authentication Bypass" description: "WooCommerce Customer Email Verification plugin <= 3.3.0 contains a privilege escalation caused by weak activation secret generation and unauthenticated verification handler, letting unauthenticated attackers gain authentication as any unverified user, exploit requires 'Encoding method' set to 'hashids' and brute-forcing the activation code." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-104745/ --- # CVE-2026-104745 WooCommerce Customer Email Verification - Authentication Bypass WooCommerce Customer Email Verification plugin <= 3.3.0 contains a privilege escalation caused by weak activation secret generation and unauthenticated verification handler, letting unauthenticated attackers gain authentication as any unverified user, exploit requires 'Encoding method' set to 'hashids' and brute-forcing the activation code. CVSS base score 8.1 /10 High CISA KEV Not listed Public exploit Proof of concept available Authentication Not required [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104745) ## Details Type Broken Authentication Impact Privilege Escalation CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Published 16 October 2026 Updated 16 October 2026 Weakness [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html) ## Vendor fix Update to a version later than 3.3.0 or the latest available version. Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them. ## References - [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104745](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104745) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/alg-wc-ev-functions.php#L331](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/alg-wc-ev-functions.php#L331) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L1258](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L1258) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L498](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L498) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L784](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emails-verification-for-woocommerce/tags/3.3.0/includes/class-alg-wc-ev-core.php#L784) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3744623%40emails-verification-for-woocommerce&new=3744623%40emails-verification-for-woocommerce](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3744623%40emails-verification-for-woocommerce&new=3744623%40emails-verification-for-woocommerce) - [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6df7b3ed-a1e3-4df9-828e-95530661e27a?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6df7b3ed-a1e3-4df9-828e-95530661e27a?source=cve) [← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/) ## What this record can't tell you - Whether you run the affected software, and where - Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it - The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number - What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding. [Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)