# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2h6-6ppw-h8m4

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-75971 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-75971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roxnor ShopEngine Elementor WooCommerce Builder Addon – All in One WooCommerce Solution with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets. 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-2026-75971/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75971/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75971
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75971
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-75971

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75971/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.