CVE-2026-42383
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in YITH YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons allows Blind SQL Injection. This issue affects YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons: from n/a through 4.29.0.
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 confidenceA blind SQL injection vulnerability exists in YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons plugin (versions up to 4.29.0) due to improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands. An attacker can inject malicious SQL queries through vulnerable input parameters, potentially extracting sensitive data from the database or performing unauthorized operations.
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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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons plugin directoryCheck your WordPress installation for the plugin folder at wp-content/plugins/yith-woocommerce-product-add-ons/ or search for 'yith-woocommerce-product-add-ons' in your plugins directoryAffected if The plugin directory exists in your WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually yith-woocommerce-product-add-ons.php) and look for the version defined in the plugin header comment, or check the readme.txt file for the 'Stable tag' entryAffected if The version cannot be determined or is not clearly displayed
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Compare your version to the affected rangeCheck if your installed version is 4.29.0 or any version lower (e.g., 4.28.0, 4.27.0, 3.x.x). The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.29.0Affected if Your installed version is 4.29.0 or lower
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Confirm the plugin is activeLog in to WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check the wp_options table for the option_name 'active_plugins' to see if the plugin is enabledAffected if The plugin is installed and active; the vulnerability is exploitable without authentication when the plugin is enabled
If the YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons plugin is installed, active, and the version is 4.29.0 or lower, your environment is affected by this unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons to the latest patched version as soon as available. Until then, consider deploying a WAF rule to filter malicious SQL payloads and restrict administrative access to trusted users only.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-42383 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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