B2BKing < 5.2.40 - Unauthenticated B2B Group Assignment and Approval Bypass via Registration Role Selection
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More WordPress plugin before 5.2.40 does not verify that a role selected during registration is one actually offered on the registration form, allowing unauthenticated users to assign themselves to restricted B2B customer groups and to skip the manual account-approval workflow during self-registration.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00304 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More (Unknown): 5.2.40
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More | before 5.2.40 | 5.2.40 | Patch available | CNA |
- B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More VendorUnknown Affected before 5.2.40 Fixed in 5.2.40 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More (Unknown) Fixed in 5.2.40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85038
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8gg-42jm-2f6p
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-85038 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85038 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v8gg-42jm-2f6p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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