WooCommerce 9.8.0 - 11.1.2 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 11.2.0
- Affected Plugin
- WooCommerce
- Affected Version
9.8.0 – 11.1.2- CVSS
- 4.7Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2026-106608
At a glance
CVE-2026-106608 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions 9.8.0 – 11.1.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Shop Manager level or above. The issue is fixed in version 11.2.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2026, reported by Ananda Dhakal.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions 9.8.0 through 11.1.2. This is due to insufficient restriction on the capabilities a user may grant themselves. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with shop manager-level access and above, to elevate their privileges beyond those intended for their role.
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.
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
Reaching this weakness in WooCommerce 9.8.0 – 11.1.2 takes an account at Shop Manager level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For WooCommerce the fix is 11.2.0: builds 9.8.0 – 11.1.2 are affected, anything from 11.2.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 11.2.0, 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: WooCommerce 11.2.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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