Security For WooCommerce lets visitors create administrator accounts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin from 1.0.10 through 1.0.16 does not check capabilities when creating users through an action open to unauthenticated visitors. The caller can choose the new account's role (CWE-862). An unauthenticated remote attacker can create administrator accounts and take over the site. A public exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The Security For WooCommerce WordPress plugin from 1.0.10 to 1.0.16 does not perform capability checks when creating users through an action available to unauthenticated visitors, and lets the caller choose the new account's role, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts and take over the site.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Security For WooCommerce | 1.0.10 – 1.0.16 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Security For WooCommerce VendorUnknown Affected 1.0.10 – 1.0.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Security For WooCommerce.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100109
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-vh3v-vj4j-59pc
- 2026-11-05 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-100109 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100109 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vh3v-vj4j-59pc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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