CVE-2026-8761 PUBLISHED

Dokan <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 16.05.2026 Published: 05.08.2026 Updated: 05.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor dokaninc
Product Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version <=5.0.2 is affected

Credits

  • kai63001 finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE