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Setting the `password` parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.","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":"2026-11-10","score":0.00689,"percentile":0.53099,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-08-05T04:25:24Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"dokaninc","product":"dokan: ai powered woocommerce multivendor marketplace solution – build your own amazon, ebay, etsy"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24666f75-9179-4043-841b-4dd83be078e8?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L60"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L60"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L80"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L80"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L280"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L280"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L281"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L281"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3541712%40dokan-lite%2Ftags%2F5.0.3\u0026old=3535602%40dokan-lite%2Ftags%2F5.0.2"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8761"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7fj-7hxw-7x69"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8761","title":"Dokan \u003c= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation","description":"The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the `CustomersController` REST controller (`includes/REST/CustomersController.php`), which re-registers WooCommerce's customer CRUD routes under the `/dokan/v1/customers/` namespace and replaces WooCommerce's native `manage_woocommerce` capability check with a vendor-only check that inspects the **requesting** user's role and never validates the **target** user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Vendor/Seller-level access and above to read, modify, or delete any WordPress user — including administrators — via `GET`/`PUT`/`DELETE` requests against `/wp-json/dokan/v1/customers/{id}`. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Vendor/Seller-level access and above to read, modify, or delete any WordPress user — including administrators — via `GET`/`PUT`/`DELETE` requests against `/wp-json/dokan/v1/customers/{id}`. Setting the `password` parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T04:25:24Z","modified":"2026-08-05T16:08:54Z","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":"2026-11-02T18:02:09.87889Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-q7fj-7hxw-7x69","title":"The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and...","description":"The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Vendor/Seller-level access and above to read, modify, or delete any WordPress user — including administrators — via `GET`/`PUT`/`DELETE` requests against `/wp-json/dokan/v1/customers/{id}`. Setting the `password` parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T06:16:40.66Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37.147Z","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-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:34.643497Z"}]}}