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Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-32526

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-25
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in VillaTheme Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce woo-abandoned-cart-recovery allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.1.10.

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 · moderate confidence

Stored XSS vulnerability in VillaTheme Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce plugin allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through input fields that are later rendered without proper sanitization. This affects cart recovery data (likely customer information, cart details, or email templates) displayed in the WordPress admin dashboard or frontend.

MitigationApply proper input sanitization (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_email, etc.) and output escaping (esc_html, esc_attr, wp_kses) to all user-supplied data before storage and before rendering in web pages.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify plugin installation and version
    Navigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate 'VillaTheme Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce', and record the installed version number. Alternatively, check the plugin main file header in wp-content/plugins/villatheme-abandoned-cart-recovery-for-woocommerce/ for the 'Version' comment.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and the version cannot be confirmed as patched against this Stored XSS vulnerability.
  2. Identify cart recovery input fields
    Access the plugin settings in WordPress Admin > Abandoned Cart (or similar menu item). Locate input fields for customer information, cart details, or email templates where users enter or modify cart recovery data.
    Affected if Input fields exist that accept and store user-supplied data for cart recovery purposes without visible sanitization indicators.
  3. Check database for unsanitized stored data
    Using phpMyAdmin or wp db CLI command, query the WordPress database tables (likely wp_postmeta or custom plugin tables) for cart recovery records. Look for entries containing HTML script tags, javascript: prefixes, or event handler attributes like onload, onerror, onclick in stored values.
    Affected if The database contains cart recovery records with raw HTML, script tags, or JavaScript event handlers that were not escaped upon storage.
  4. Inspect frontend/admin output for missing escaping
    View the plugin-generated pages in the WordPress admin dashboard or frontend where cart recovery data is displayed. Use browser Developer Tools to inspect the HTML source of elements rendering customer information, cart details, or email template content.
    Affected if Rendered HTML shows unescaped user-supplied data - for example, raw <script> tags, unescaped quotes in attributes, or visible HTML markup in displayed fields.
  5. Review plugin source code for sanitization functions
    Examine PHP files in the plugin directory, specifically files handling form submissions and output rendering. Search for the presence or absence of sanitization functions like sanitize_text_field, sanitize_email, esc_html, esc_attr, and wp_kses in functions that process and display cart recovery data.
    Affected if Code that saves or displays cart recovery data lacks proper sanitization (sanitize_text_field, etc.) before storage or escaping (esc_html, esc_attr, wp_kses) before output.

If the plugin is installed and its cart recovery data (customer info, cart details, or email templates) is stored or rendered without sanitize_text_field/sanitize_email and esc_html/esc_attr/wp_kses, the environment is affected by this Stored XSS vulnerability.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply proper input sanitization (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_email, etc.) and output escaping (esc_html, esc_attr, wp_kses) to all user-supplied data before storage and before rendering in web pages.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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