Which versions of Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Authentication bypass (2.8.2 and older, fixed in 2.8.3). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce?

2.8.4, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-29). It has 2,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update customer-email-verification-for-woocommerce). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · customer-email-verification-for-woocommerce · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Q: Is Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (2.8.4). As of 2026-11-04. 1 issue is on record for older versions; version 2.8.3 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce on the latest version (2.8.4) and remove it if you do not use it.

Latest version: 2.8.4
Last updated: 2026-10-29
Active installs: 2,000+
Known issues on record: 1
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.2+

Block fake WooCommerce registrations with OTP email verification. Customers verify their email before their account is created — no code required. — by Zorem

What to do

Update to the latest version (2.8.4). Anything older than 2.8.3 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get customer-email-verification-for-woocommerce --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update customer-email-verification-for-woocommerce updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 4.8 CVE-2026-109236 · published 2026-10-28

Authentication bypass in Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce (2.8.2 and older)

Affected: 2.8.2 and older
Fixed in: 2.8.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via a Predictable Email-Verification Token in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2. This is due to the `authenticate_user_by_email_link()` function — hooked on the `wp` action and triggered by the `cusomer_email_verify` GET parameter — lacking any capability check or nonce verification, while the `secret_code` it validates is generated as `md5(email . time())` and the `verify_otp_nonce` required to trigger token issuance via the `wp_ajax_nopriv_resend_otp` handler is emitted to every front-end visitor through `wp_localize_script`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as a newly created, verified WooCommerce customer bound to an arbitrary email address — or to flip an existing account's `customer_email_verified` meta to verified — fully bypassing the plugin's core email-verification control. Exploitation requires the `cev_user_log` table to contain a `password` column, which is absent from the fresh-install schema shipped in version 2.8.2 but is present on sites upgraded from an older version where that column was defined.

NVD CVE-2026-109236 Wordfence advisory wordpress.org Plugin source

Recent activity

2026-10-29 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.8.4).
2026-10-28 — Authentication bypass disclosed (CVE-2026-109236), fixed in 2.8.3.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Authentication bypass (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/customer-email-verification-for-woocommerce (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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