Dokan Pro: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Dokan Pro is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Dokan Pro
- Plugin slug
dokan-pro- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 26, 2025
This CVE was published Aug 26, 2025 and is one of 11 known issues for this plugin.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update Dokan Pro to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password during a staff password reset. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor-level access and above, to elevate their privilege to the level of a staff member and then change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators in order to gain access to their accounts. By default, the plugin allows customers to become vendors.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H