WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Choose User Role at Registration for WooCommerce < 1.3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Role Request

Description

The plugin does not validate the role requested at registration against the roles an administrator chose to offer, allowing unauthenticated users to request any role, including administrator, and to be granted it once the request is approved. Exploitation requires the plugin's role selection feature and public account registration to both be enabled.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

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Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Mike Gozdiskowski
Submitter
Mike Gozdiskowski
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-15 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-15 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-16 (about 8 hours ago)

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