Missing authorization in weDevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 2.3.0. This is due to a missing capability check on the do_migration() function registered as the wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX action, which performs no nonce verification via check_ajax_referer() and no capability check via current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full BetterDocs-to-weDocs data migration, creating and modifying 'docs' custom post type entries with attacker-controlled titles, updating site options, and deactivating the BetterDocs and BetterDocs Pro plugins via deactivate_plugins().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12729
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rwq-pvxh-vj87
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228d63a5-5053-4692-9801-4860325da153?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L206
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Ajax.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L183
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3589430%40wedocs&new=3589430%40wedocs&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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- TI-2024-11873 WP ERP < 1.13.4 - Custom+ Unauthorized Access to Terminated Employee Information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-11148 SQL Injection in WordPress Project Manager Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2023-02570 WP ERP < 1.12.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-02569 WP ERP < 1.12.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-12729 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12729 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8rwq-pvxh-vj87 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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