Dokan plugin for WordPress: Missing Authorization enables broken access control
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Dokan plugin for WordPress (dokan-lite) by weDevs has a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) that allows exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels. Versions from n/a through 5.3.2 are affected. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3 (MEDIUM), with a network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and low confidentiality impact. CISA has not added it to KEV, and its SSVC rates exploitation as none.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Missing Authorization vulnerability in weDevs Dokan dokan-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Dokan: from n/a through 5.3.2.
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 is listed for Dokan, so check the weDevs advisory and update to a fixed release once one is published. Until then, review the access control settings the plugin applies to users.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119487
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-xprr-9vj6-xppx
References
More weDevs vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06932 WP User Frontend < 3.5.29 - Obscure Registration as Admin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03660 Dokan Pro <= 3.10.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- 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-2026-119487 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119487 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xprr-9vj6-xppx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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