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}`. Setting the `password` parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.
References10
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/RE…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/RE…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/RE…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/RE…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3541712%40dokan-lite%2…
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24666f75-9179…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 53 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-862
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