Dokan <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 70% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
dokaninc · Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, EtsyReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L280https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L281https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L60https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/tags/5.0.1/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L80https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L280https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L281https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L60https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dokan-lite/trunk/includes/REST/CustomersController.php#L80https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3541712%40dokan-lite%2Ftags%2F5.0.3&old=3535602%40dokan-lite%2Ftags%2F5.0.2https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24666f75-9179-4043-841b-4dd83be078e8?source=cve