wedevs weDocs Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress do_migration authorization

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in wedevs weDocs Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress. This impacts the function do_migration. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-12729. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in wedevs weDocs Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress. This affects the function do_migration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 2.3.0. This is due to a missing capability check on the do_migration() function registered as the wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX action, which performs no nonce verification via check_ajax_referer() and no capability check via current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full BetterDocs-to-weDocs data migration, creating and modifying 'docs' custom post type entries with attacker-controlled titles, updating site options, and deactivating the BetterDocs and BetterDocs Pro plugins via deactivate_plugins().

The weakness was released by PRISM. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-12729 since 06/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wedevs

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• weDocs Plugin

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3.0

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