WooCommerce Shop Manager+ privilege escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
Automattic WooCommerce, from 9.8.0 through 11.1.2, contains an incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266) that allows privilege escalation. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.2 (HIGH), with high privileges required and high impact to confidentiality, integrity and availability. CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none, automatable as no and technical impact as total, and the vulnerability is not in CISA KEV.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Automattic WooCommerce woocommerce allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WooCommerce: from 9.8.0 through 11.1.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automattic | WooCommerce | 9.8.0 – 11.1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WooCommerce VendorAutomattic Affected 9.8.0 – 11.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | WooCommerce |
- cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·WooCommerce
Remediation
No fixed version is listed for the affected range, 9.8.0 through 11.1.2. Check the vendor's advisory for a patched WooCommerce release and apply it once available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-106608
- 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-m8vc-mf6h-mr98
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Sources
- CVE-2026-106608 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-106608 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m8vc-mf6h-mr98 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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