CVE-2026-2582: Germanized for WooCommerce <= 3.20.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

vendidero Germanized for WooCommerce: through 3.20.5

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-germanized/tags/3.20.5/includes/gateways/direct-debit/class-wc-gzd-gateway-direct-debit.php#L214
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-germanized/tags/3.20.5/includes/gateways/direct-debit/class-wc-gzd-gateway-direct-debit.php#L982
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e6837ad-576f-4c25-9540-6144ddc8630e?source=cve

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