CVE-2026-8761
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}. Setting the password parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.37% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 30% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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