--- cve: "CVE-2026-12144" severity: "HIGH" cvss: 8.8 epss: "37%" vendor: "saadiqbal" kev: false exploited: false published: "2026-07-29 02:16:41" tags: [cve, security, high] source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier exported: "2026-09-13T09:19:08+02:00" --- # CVE-2026-12144 > 8.8 HIGH ## Beschreibung The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type => 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request. ## CVSS-Vektor ``` CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ``` | Metrik | Wert | Bewertung | |---|---|---| | AV Angriffsvektor | Netzwerk | bad | | AC Komplexität | Gering | bad | | PR Privilegien | Gering | warn | | UI Interaktion | Keine | bad | | S Scope | Unverändert | good | | C Vertraulichkeit | Hoch | bad | | I Integrität | Hoch | bad | | A Verfügbarkeit | Hoch | bad | ## Referenzen - - - - - --- _Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2026-12144) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_