EUVD-2026-36358
GHSA-mh6m-7983-2r5w
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Plugin exposes a network-reachable endpoint that incorrectly assigns elevated roles without authentication or user interaction, yielding full admin takeover and high C/I/A impact.
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Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce allows Privilege Escalation.
This issue affects Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.9.4.
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AnalysisAI
Privilege escalation in the Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 1.9.4) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to elevate privileges on affected sites due to incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266). With a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 and Patchstack-reported network-exploitable characteristics, this issue can lead to full compromise of WooCommerce-backed WordPress stores; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in the Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce plugin, which bridges a WooCommerce-powered WordPress storefront to a mobile application, typically via REST endpoints handling authentication, registration, or session/role assignment. CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) indicates that the plugin assigns higher privileges to a user than intended - commonly by accepting a client-supplied role parameter, failing to enforce capability checks (current_user_can), or by registering accounts with elevated WordPress roles such as administrator instead of customer. The affected CPE 'cpe:2.3:a:hippoo:hippoo_mobile_app_for_woocommerce:*' covers all releases through 1.9.4, meaning every version up to the latest at time of disclosure is vulnerable.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis in the supplied data; the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hippoo/vulnerability/wordpress-hippoo-mobile-app-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-9-4-privilege-escalation-vulnerability should be monitored for a fixed release beyond 1.9.4. Until a patched version is published, deactivate and remove the Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce plugin (this disables the mobile-app integration with the storefront), or use Patchstack/WAF virtual patching to block requests to the plugin's REST endpoints (which will break legitimate mobile-app traffic). Additionally restrict access to /wp-json/hippoo/* and the wp-admin/users.php area to known IPs, audit wp_users and wp_usermeta for unexpected administrator or shop_manager accounts, and rotate all admin credentials and WooCommerce API keys after confirming integrity.
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