CVE-2026-12736 Privilege escalation in WPify Woo – Withdrawal, CRN/VAT, QR payments, Heureka and more for WooCommerce
Authenticated Shop Managers can escalate to Administrator by updating arbitrary WordPress options via an insecure REST endpoint in the WPify Woo plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12736?
CVE-2026-12736 is a high-severity vulnerability in WPify Woo – Withdrawal, CRN/VAT, QR payments, Heureka and more for WooCommerce, published on 24 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Wpify Woo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.4.16. This is due to the SettingsApi::save_option() REST route (POST /wp-json/wpify-woo/v1/option) passing the request-supplied 'option' and 'data' parameters directly to update_option() without any option-name allowlist or value sanitization, while the permission_callback only verifies the manage_woocommerce capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator by overwriting arbitrary WordPress options (for example setting default_role to administrator and users_can_register to 1, or disabling security plugins via active_plugins).
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12736?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-12736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jp43-qmg3-xrhw.