---
id: "CVE-2026-119163"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119163"]
title: "FunnelKit Automations WordPress plugin: unauthenticated SQL injection exposes database data"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.5
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "FunnelKit Automations (wp-marketing-automations)", "fixed": ["3.8.6"], "affected": "<= 3.8.5.2", "ecosystem": "wordpress"}]
ecosystems: []
tags: ["funnelkit", "package", "self-hosted", "sql-injection", "woocommerce", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["managed-hosting", "plugin-above-3.8.5.2", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-31T07:16:36+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-31T07:34:07+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-31T07:35:36+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119163", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-31T07:34:07+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": null, "first_seen_at": "2026-10-31T07:35:36+00:00"}]
---

# FunnelKit Automations WordPress plugin: unauthenticated SQL injection exposes database data

The FunnelKit Automations plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce fails to escape the bwfan_cart_id parameter, allowing SQL injection in all versions up to and including 3.8.5.2. An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive information from the site database, including through a two-step attack that fires when a scheduled job reloads the stored value.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- wordpress:FunnelKit Automations (wp-marketing-automations) affected <= 3.8.5.2 fixed 3.8.6

## How to check

WordPress admin > Plugins: FunnelKit Automations version <= 3.8.5.2 is vulnerable. Or run: wp plugin get wp-marketing-automations --field=version

## Fix

Update FunnelKit Automations (Lite, wp-marketing-automations) to 3.8.6 or later (per Patchstack; vendor post does not name this CVE).

## Timeline

- 2026-10-31T07:34:07+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119163
- 2026-10-31T07:35:36+00:00 analyst — Fixed in 3.8.6 per Patchstack (third-party DB; also CVE-2026-111411, same bug, likely duplicate). FunnelKit's 3.8.6 post (Oct 23) mentions 8 unnamed security fixes, doesn't name this CVE, so nothing verified. No exploitation or PoC seen; Patchstack expects mass exploitation. Not searched X.

## Documents

- [advisory] Patchstack: FunnelKit Automations <= 3.8.5.2 SQL Injection (CVE-2026-111411, collides with CVE-2026-119163) https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-marketing-automations/vulnerability/wordpress-funnelkit-automations-plugin-3-8-5-2-sql-injection-vulnerability
- [fix] FunnelKit Automations 3.8.6 release post (8 security improvements, unnamed) https://funnelkit.com/funnelkit-automations-3-8-6/

## From the sources

The FunnelKit Automations – Email Marketing Automation and CRM for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'bwfan_cart_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.5.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation is a two-step persisted attack: an unauthenticated attacker submits a crafted bwfan_cart_id value during a guest Store API checkout (requiring only a publicly obtainable WooCommerce cart nonce), and the injection fires when a scheduled Action Scheduler job later reloads the stored meta upon order status transition out of pending, failed, or cancelled.

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