DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce Plugin up to 4.0.0 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce Plugin up to 4.0.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-16981. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce Plugin up to 4.0.0. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not perform any authorization check (no capability, nonce, login, or ownership check) on one of its shipping-label download endpoints, so an unauthenticated attacker can enumerate sequential ids and download every stored shipping label, each containing the customer's full name, complete postal address, and order reference.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-16981 since 07/24/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce Plugin 4.0.1

Timelineinfo

07/24/2026 CVE reserved
08/05/2026 +12 days Advisory disclosed
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-16981 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-16981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-386067

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2026 08:47
Changes: 08/05/2026 08:47 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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