The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin from 1.0.10 to 1.0.16 does not perform capability checks when creating users through an action available to unauthenticated visitors, and lets the caller choose the new account's role, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts and take over the site.
History

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin from 1.0.10 to 1.0.16 does not perform capability checks when creating users through an action available to unauthenticated visitors, and lets the caller choose the new account's role, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts and take over the site.
Title Security For WooCommerce 1.0.10 - 1.0.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via usfw_create_temporary_user
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-11-05T07:35:20.438Z

Updated: 2026-11-05T07:35:20.438Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T11:16:45.144Z

Link: CVE-2026-100109

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-05T08:17:01.870

Modified: 2026-11-05T08:17:01.870

Link: CVE-2026-100109

cve-icon Redhat

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