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.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-100109

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