DokanInc Dokan Plugin up to 5.0.1 on WordPress CustomersController CustomersController.php Password privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in DokanInc Dokan Plugin up to 5.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file includes/REST/CustomersController.php of the component CustomersController. The manipulation of the argument Password results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-8761. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in DokanInc Dokan Plugin up to 5.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file includes/REST/CustomersController.php of the component CustomersController. The manipulation of the argument password with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8761 since 05/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• DokanInc

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• Dokan Plugin

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• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1

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