CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-12224
The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via update_capabilities REST Endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This is due to the `update_capabilities()` REST handler accepting arbitrary capability strings from the request body and passing them directly to WP_User::add_cap() with no allowlist validation, only verifying that the caller holds the dokandar capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with a self-provisioned Vendor-leve
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Dokan Pro","vendor":"wedevs","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.0.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8f78d4e539b0321f3e51961c7ff22e6e65f5e962cc39f9d4428ed202bc5f689c · sha256:ff37738da2416ad1… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://dokan.co/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8f78d4e539b0321f3e51961c7ff22e6e65f5e962cc39f9d4428ed202bc5f689c · sha256:ff37738da2416ad1… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ff9c202-b3e8-4660-8763-a9fee468203e?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8f78d4e539b0321f3e51961c7ff22e6e65f5e962cc39f9d4428ed202bc5f689c · sha256:ff37738da2416ad1… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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