CVE-2026-16576 Dokan < 5.0.14 - Shop Manager+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via REST API
Shop Managers can install and activate arbitrary plugins via REST API due to insufficient capability checks, leading to potential code execution.
- 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-2026-16576?
CVE-2026-16576 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution, published on 21 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution WordPress plugin before 5.0.14 does not correctly check user capabilities on some of its admin REST API routes, checking only for a WooCommerce management capability instead of the Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution WordPress plugin before 5.0.14-installation capability, allowing users such as Shop Managers to install and activate arbitrary Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution WordPress plugin before 5.0.14 from WordPress.org.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16576?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-16576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqf4-66cf-wcw6.