# CVE-2026-27542: WordPress Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin <= 2.0.3.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> Attackers can escalate privileges due to incorrect privilege assignment in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6xqr-w87w-hx3g

## What is CVE-2026-27542?

CVE-2026-27542 is a critical vulnerability in Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture, published on 19 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture: from n/a through <= 2.0.3.1.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27542?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-27542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-27542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-27542 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-27542 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Unauthenticated Privilege | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2026-27542-CVE-2026-27540-
- WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture <= 2.0.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (nuclei): http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-27542.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-27542 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-27542 is a critical vulnerability in Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture, published on 19 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-27542 exists.

Affected product: Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27542/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27542/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27542
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27542
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27542

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27542/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.