mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Labels Plugin up to 2.51 on WordPress save_meta_boxes privileges management

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Labels Plugin up to 2.51. This affects the function save_meta_boxes. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-12241. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Labels Plugin up to 2.51. This vulnerability affects the function save_meta_boxes. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-12241 since 06/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/01/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-90478). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• mihail-barinov

Name

• Advanced Woo Labels Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49
• 2.50
• 2.51

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