VulnerabilityPublished 6 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-28169: YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier (WordPress plugin) · Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Affects YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 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 5 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
YITHEMESYITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier	Affected ≥ n/a, < 2.52.1	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, monitor official YITHEMES communications for updates. No vendor-provided temporary mitigations are currently documented.

Description

CVE-2026-28169 is a medium severity vulnerability in YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier versions up to and including 2.52.0. It allows unauthenticated attackers to expose sensitive system information. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-497, indicating exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet.

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can access sensitive system information without authorization, potentially aiding further attacks or information gathering. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss; integrity and availability are not affected. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Summary

This vulnerability (CVE-2026-28169) affects YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier plugin versions <= 2.52.0. It involves unauthenticated exposure of sensitive data, categorized as CWE-497. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3, reflecting a medium impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and confidentiality impact only.

CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does.
Architecture and Design · Implementation
Production applications should never use methods that generate internal details such as stack traces and error messages unless that information is directly committed to a log that is not viewable by the end user.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V14.3.2 (opens in a new tab)
V8.3.4 (opens in a new tab)
V14.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Web Application Fingerprinting (opens in a new tab)
System Location Discovery (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/yith-woocommerce-zoom-magnifier/vulnerability/wordpress-yith-woocommerce-zoom-magnifier-plugin-2-52-0-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 13 Aug 2026, 17:20 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-497

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