CVE-2026-75971 Privilege escalation in ShopEngine Elementor WooCommerce Builder Addon – All in One WooCommerce Solution with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets
Authenticated Shop Managers can escalate privileges to Administrator by manipulating WXR import options, leading to full site takeover.
- 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-2026-75971?
CVE-2026-75971 is a high-severity vulnerability in roxnor ShopEngine Elementor WooCommerce Builder Addon – All in One WooCommerce Solution with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets, published on 25 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ShopEngine Elementor WooCommerce Builder Addon – All in One WooCommerce Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.4. This is due to the `rum_importer()` function being registered on the WordPress core `import_start` action hook with no plugin-owned capability check and no allowlist filtering, causing arbitrary `<wp_option>` name/value pairs parsed from an attacker-supplied WXR import file to be passed directly to `update_option()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to write arbitrary WordPress options — most critically setting `users_can_register` to `1` and `default_role` to `administrator` — enabling open self-registration of Administrator accounts and full site takeover. This is exploitable by Shop Manager-level users because WooCommerce grants that role the `import` capability, allowing it to reach the WordPress Importer flow that fires the `import_start` hook on which `rum_importer()` is registered, contrary to the assumption that the hook is restricted to Administrators.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-75971?
How do I fix CVE-2026-75971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-75971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-75971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-75971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2h6-6ppw-h8m4.