CVE-2026-12224: high-severity vulnerability in wedevs Dokan Pro
Dokan Pro <= 5.0.4 - Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation via update_capabilities REST Endpoint
Published
E-mail alert when it lands in KEV, gets a public PoC or its score goes up.
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
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-level access and above, on sites with the Vendor Staff module enabled, to grant arbitrary WordPress capabilities, including administrator, to any vendor_staff account, leading to a full site takeover.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
wedevs · Dokan ProRelated CVEs — wedevs Dokan Pro
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-3922CRITICALDokan Pro <= 3.10.3 - Unauthenticated SQL InjectionEPSS 52.9%CVE-2026-12077HIGHDokan Pro <= 5.0.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'latitude' and 'longitude' ParametersEPSS 0.5%CVE-2025-5931HIGHDokan Pro <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege EscalationEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-12079MEDIUMDokan Pro <= 5.0.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' ParameterEPSS 0.4%CVE-2025-12809MEDIUMdokan pro <= 4.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information ExposureEPSS 0.2%