Germanized for WooCommerce <= 3.20.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

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6.5

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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

CVE	CVE-2026-2582
CVSS	6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published	April 13, 2026
Last Updated	April 14, 2026
Researcher	Chiao-Lin Yu (Steven Meow) - Trend Micro

Description

The The Germanized for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via 'account_holder' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

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Vulnerability Details for Germanized for WooCommerce

Germanized for WooCommerce

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	woocommerce-germanized (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 3.20.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 3.20.5
Patched Version	3.20.6

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Germanized for WooCommerce <= 3.9.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1

CVE ID Unknown

May 31, 2022

Researchers:

#	Title	CVE ID	CVSS	Researchers	Date
1	Germanized for WooCommerce <= 3.9.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting		6.1		May 31, 2022

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