CVE-2026-45216

Smart Manager – Advanced WooCommerce Bulk Edit & Inventory Management <= 8.85.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

2026-05-12 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 8.86.0
Affected Plugin: Smart Manager – Advanced WooCommerce Bulk Editor & Inventory Manager (Spreadsheet)
Affected Version: <= 8.85.0
CVSS: 8.8High
Weakness type: CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE: CVE-2026-45216

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At a glance

CVE-2026-45216 is a high-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Smart Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 8.85.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 8.86.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2026, reported by Nguyen Ba Khanh.

Vulnerability Overview

The Smart Manager – Advanced WooCommerce Bulk Edit & Inventory Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 8.85.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Remediation

Update to version 8.86.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Smart Manager 8.86.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Login Security
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45216 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17f411fb-364c-4652-a277-bdfee36325f5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45216

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Smart Manager – Advanced WooCommerce Bulk Editor & Inventory Manager (Spreadsheet)

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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