WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2026-8761 Deferred

Dokan vendor REST access can reset administrator passwords

Dokan through 5.0.2 re-registers WooCommerce customer CRUD operations in CustomersController under /wp-json/dokan/v1/customers/{id}, but replaces WooCommerce's manage_woocommerce requirement with a check that only establishes that the requesting user is a vendor or seller. The controller does not verify that the target user is a customer the vendor may manage. A vendor can therefore send GET, PUT or DELETE requests for arbitrary WordPress user IDs; supplying the password field for an administrator changes that administrator's password and permits full site takeover.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy
Plugin slug
dokan-lite
Affected
<=5.0.2
Safe version
5.0.3
Published
Aug 05, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Aug 05, 2026 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Dokan to 5.0.3 or later. The authoritative affected data includes 5.0.2 and the upstream changeset identifies 5.0.3 as the fixed tag. Audit vendor accounts and administrator credential changes if a vulnerable release was exposed.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical 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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources