CVE-2026-2582
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe The Germanized for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via 'account_holder' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Germanized for WooCommerce WordPress plugin up to version 3.20.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes via the 'account_holder' parameter due to insufficient input validation before passing user-supplied data to the do_shortcode() function.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'germanized' or 'woocommerce-germanized'Affected if The Germanized for WooCommerce plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Identify installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Germanized for WooCommerce and read the version number from the plugin description, or open the main plugin file (e.g., germanized-for-woocommerce.php) and locate the 'Version' header commentAffected if The reported version is 3.20.5 or lower
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Verify affected version rangeCompare your installed version number against the affected range: any version up to and including 3.20.5 is vulnerableAffected if Your installed version is 3.20.5 or lower
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Check for exposed account_holder parameterInspect forms or endpoints that accept the 'account_holder' parameter, typically found in WooCommerce payment settings or bank transfer configuration areas where Germanized adds SEPA/bank account fieldsAffected if The site uses Germanized's bank account holder field in any publicly accessible payment form or API endpoint without authentication
Your site is affected if Germanized for WooCommerce is installed with version 3.20.5 or lower and the account_holder parameter is accessible in payment processing contexts.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the Germanized for WooCommerce plugin to a version newer than 3.20.5, or implement proper input validation and sanitization on the 'account_holder' parameter to prevent shortcode injection.
Germanized for WooCommerce version 3.20.6 or latest stable release
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 3. Locate the Germanized for WooCommerce plugin
- 4. Check the current installed version number
- 5. If the installed version is 3.20.5 or lower, update the plugin to the latest available version
- 6. Verify the update completed successfully
- 7. Test that the 'account_holder' parameter no longer executes arbitrary shortcodes
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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