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
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Mike Gozdiskowski
Submitter
Mike Gozdiskowski
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)