# WooCommerce <= 11.2.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via get_variation AJAX Action

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-2842
- **Plugin:** WooCommerce (`woocommerce`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
- **Affected versions:** from 2.4.0 before 11.3.0
- **Fixed in:** 11.3.0 (Update to 11.3.0 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-200
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin High, affected versions High (as of 2026-11-12)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/woocommerce
- **Fix released:** 2026-11-11
- **Published:** 2026-11-12
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2842/

## Description

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via the get_variation AJAX action in all versions from 2.4.0 up to, and including, 11.2.2. This is due to a missing post password check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the variation data of password-protected variable products without knowing the product password, including the variation descriptions that the product page and the Store API only show after the password is entered.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2842/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/woocommerce/tags/11.3.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2842/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.