WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Security For WooCommerce <= 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated wp-config Keys and Salts Reset and Denial of Service
Description
The plugin does not check that the requester is authorised before regenerating the secret keys and salts in the site's configuration file, allowing unauthenticated users to log out every user and, on servers that cannot reach the WordPress.org API, corrupt the configuration file and take the whole site offline.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Benjamin Kincses (Dextheking1)
Submitter
Benjamin Kincses (Dextheking1)
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-11-09 (about 21 hours ago)
Added
2026-11-09 (about 7 hours ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-09 (about 7 hours ago)
