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Privilege escalation in AutomatorWP WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
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-269.

Summary

AutomatorWP, a WordPress plugin by rubengc, is affected in all versions up to and including 6.0.4. It does not check that a role supplied through trigger data is at or below the privilege level of the acting context (CWE-269). An unauthenticated attacker can create an administrator account tied to an email address they control when a site has an anonymous automation whose Role option is bound to the comment author tag and an administrator approves a comment, which gives full administrative access to the site.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07

Description from the CNA

The AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to missing privilege-ceiling validation in the `create_user()` function within the anonymous-user action (and equally in the Create User and Add/Change Role WordPress-integration actions), which verify only that the submitted role exists via `automatorwp_get_editable_roles()` without confirming the role falls at or below the acting context's privilege level — allowing attacker-controlled trigger tag data (e.g., a `{comment_author}` tag bound to the Role option) to supply any role, including `administrator`, unchallenged. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-role account tied to an attacker-controlled email address, receiving the generated password via WordPress's new-user notification email and thereby gaining full administrative access to the site. Exploitation requires the site to have an anonymous automation configured with the Role option bound to a dynamic trigger tag such as `{comment_author}`, and is triggered when a site administrator performs the routine action of approving a comment — an action that provides no in-UI indication that it will mint a new privileged account from the comment author field.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rubengcAutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AIup to 6.0.4—No fix listedCNA
  • AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI Vendorrubengc Affected up to 6.0.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for AutomatorWP (No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104768
  2. 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-wrfm-3g59-7fq9
  3. 2026-11-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-11-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

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  • TI-2023-09787 WordPress GamiPress Plugin <= 2.5.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-07643 GamiPress - Reset User <= 1.0.0 - GamiPress User Data Removal via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2024-10225 Code injection in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-11716 AutomatorWP <= 5.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via a-0-o-search_field_value CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2024-12537 GamiPress <= 7.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via orderby Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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