{"id":"CVE-2026-12144","aliases":["EUVD-2026-50097","GHSA-fgx3-jj2q-3c9j"],"status":"published","title":"Wholesale for WooCommerce \u003c= 2.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation via 'user_role_set' Parameter","description":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type =\u003e 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00523,"percentile":0.44857,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2026-07-29T01:29:41Z","modified":"2026-07-30T14:01:30Z","products":[{"vendor":"saadiqbal","product":"wholesale for woocommerce"},{"vendor":"wpexperts","product":"wholesale for woocommerce"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/327a155c-7a7d-494d-94d1-f7e7ee8927f0?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L369"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L397"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L274"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026old=3621257%40woo-wholesale-pricing\u0026new=3621257%40woo-wholesale-pricing"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12144"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fgx3-jj2q-3c9j"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-12144","title":"Wholesale for WooCommerce \u003c= 2.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation via 'user_role_set' Parameter","description":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type =\u003e 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-29T01:29:41.564Z","modified":"2026-07-29T13:02:20.552Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:47.998488Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-50097","description":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type =\u003e 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-29T01:29:41Z","modified":"2026-07-29T13:02:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:02:30.152277Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fgx3-jj2q-3c9j","title":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all...","description":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type =\u003e 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-29T03:30:20Z","modified":"2026-07-29T03:30:21Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:09:53.70861Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-12144","description":"The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. 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The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type =\u003e 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-29T02:16:41.84Z","modified":"2026-07-30T14:01:30.413Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:33.629616Z"}]}}