High severity · published Jul 29, 2026
CVE-2026-12144
Wholesale for WooCommerce <= 2.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation via 'user_role_set' Parameter
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WF
Wholesale for WooCommerce · saadiqbal
through 2.0.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12144
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12144
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L274
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L369
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-wholesale-pricing/tags/2.0.5/inc/class-wwp-wholesale-requests.php#L397
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3621257%40woo-wholesale-pricing&new=3621257%40woo-wholesale-pricing
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/327a155c-7a7d-494d-94d1-f7e7ee8927f0?source=cve
