rubengc AutomatorWP Plugin up to 6.0.4 on WordPress Create User create_user Role privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in rubengc AutomatorWP Plugin up to 6.0.4. Impacted is the function create_user of the component Create User. The manipulation of the argument Role results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-104768. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rubengc AutomatorWP Plugin up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function create_user of the component Create User. The manipulation of the argument Role 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 AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to missing privilege-ceiling validation in the `create_user()` function within the anonymous-user action (and equally in the Create User and Add/Change Role WordPress-integration actions), which verify only that the submitted role exists via `automatorwp_get_editable_roles()` without confirming the role falls at or below the acting context's privilege level — allowing attacker-controlled trigger tag data (e.g., a `{comment_author}` tag bound to the Role option) to supply any role, including `administrator`, unchallenged. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-role account tied to an attacker-controlled email address, receiving the generated password via WordPress's new-user notification email and thereby gaining full administrative access to the site. Exploitation requires the site to have an anonymous automation configured with the Role option bound to a dynamic trigger tag such as `{comment_author}`, and is triggered when a site administrator performs the routine action of approving a comment — an action that provides no in-UI indication that it will mint a new privileged account from the comment author field.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-104768 since 10/02/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 11/07/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• rubengc

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• AutomatorWP Plugin

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• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4

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