CVE-2026-16066: Welcart e-Commerce (WordPress plugin) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Affects Welcart e-Commerce (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium : upgrade to 2.11.34 when convenient.
Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.11.34
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Welcart e-Commerce (WordPress plugin) to 2.11.34.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Welcart e-Commerce | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
If you cannot patch yet, restrict Author role privileges to trusted users only and consider disabling product editing by non-administrators.
Description
The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.11.34 does not sanitise or escape a product field before outputting it on the product pages, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browser of any visitor viewing the product page.