VillaTheme BuildKit plugin: Blind SQL injection
Summary
The WordPress plugin BuildKit – Product Builder for WooCommerce – Custom PC Builder up to and including version 1.0.28 contains a blind SQL injection flaw. An attacker with low-privilege access to the WordPress site, such as a contributor-level account, may be able to read, modify or delete database content, including user and customer data. The NVD analysis is still pending and the vendor has not yet confirmed the mapping of this CVE to the fix in version 1.0.29.
Affected
- VillaTheme BuildKit – Product Builder for WooCommerce – Custom PC Builder (WordPress plugin)
- Versions from n/a through 1.0.28
Fixed in
- Version 1.0.29 (likely fix, mapping not yet confirmed by the vendor)
Workaround
- Unknown. No vendor-published workaround is available.
- If an update cannot be applied immediately, review and restrict accounts with contributor level or higher.
Exploitation
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, not automatable, partial technical impact.
- Not listed in CISA KEV. EPSS score 0.00211.
- No reports of exploitation in the wild or public proof of concept were found.
Our recommendation
- Update BuildKit to version 1.0.29 or later and confirm the installed version.
- Review contributor-level and higher accounts and remove unneeded ones.
- Check the database and logs for unusual activity.
- If customer or order data may have been exposed, check reporting obligations under the revised Swiss FADP with the data protection advisor.
- Note that CVE-2026-94298 describes the same issue and is resolved by the same update.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
- WordPress.org plugin page (changelog) wordpress.org
- WordPress.org plugin page (en-gb, changelog) en-gb.wordpress.org
- Strix CVE record www.strix.ai
- CVE mirror (threatint) cve.threatint.com
- VULNERS / CIRCL record (EPSS) vulners.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 1 Nov 2026, 11:37.
Original description (NVD)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in VillaTheme BuildKit – Product Builder for WooCommerce – Custom PC Builder woo-product-builder allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects BuildKit – Product Builder for WooCommerce – Custom PC Builder: from n/a through 1.0.28.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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