Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister or obtain low-privilege WordPress account
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DeliveryIdentify plugin's unprotected deletion endpoint
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ExploitSend crafted HTTP request to endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactDelete arbitrary plugin-managed content
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress session with at minimum a low-privilege role such as subscriber or customer (confirmed by CVSS PR:L). The target site must be running License Manager for WooCommerce version 3.0.17 or earlier. No special server-side configuration is required beyond having the vulnerable plugin installed and active. Exploitation is limited by the need for a valid authenticated account - unauthenticated external attackers cannot exploit this vulnerability directly. Sites with open user registration (allowing anyone to self-register) are at meaningfully higher risk, as the authentication barrier is trivially bypassed in those environments. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4 (Medium) reflects a network-accessible (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L) attack requiring a low-privilege authenticated account (PR:L) with no user interaction (UI:N). The impact is limited to integrity and availability at the low level (I:L, A:L) with no confidentiality impact. No EPSS score was provided in the intelligence, making exploitation probability estimation uncertain. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV and no POC code has been disclosed, which meaningfully reduces near-term real-world risk. The PR:L requirement is a notable limiting factor - attackers must hold at least a subscriber or customer account on the target WordPress site, narrowing the attacker pool to authenticated users. The arbitrary content deletion impact is operationally disruptive but not catastrophic in isolation. Overall, this is a real but moderate-priority issue, warranting prompt patching for sites with open user registration or untrusted user bases. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or obtains a low-privilege WordPress account (e.g., subscriber or customer) on a target site running License Manager for WooCommerce ≤3.0.17. The attacker then sends crafted HTTP requests to the plugin's unprotected endpoint, invoking deletion operations against arbitrary content without triggering any authorization failure. No public exploit code has been identified, meaning this scenario currently requires manual exploitation knowledge derived from the plugin's source code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 13, 2026
Missing authorization in the License Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (versions through 3.0.17) allows authenticated low-privilege users to perform arbitrary content deletion without proper permission checks. The flaw stems from CWE-862, where sensitive plugin actions are accessible to any authenticated user regardless of their assigned role. No active exploitation has been confirmed by CISA KEV, and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to update the License Manager for WooCommerce plugin beyond version 3.0.17 via the WordPress plugin dashboard or by downloading the latest release from the plugin repository; the exact fixed version was not independently confirmed in the available data, so verify the changelog prior to updating. The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/license-manager-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-license-manager-for-woocommerce-plugin-3-0-17-arbitrary-content-deletion-vulnerability should be consulted for the confirmed fix version once available. As a compensating control pending patching, site administrators can disable open user registration to prevent untrusted accounts from exploiting the missing authorization check, though this may impact legitimate customer onboarding workflows. Web application firewall (WAF) rules that detect and block unexpected deletion-related plugin requests from non-admin roles can provide additional layered defense with minimal trade-off.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is the License Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:saad_iqbal:license_manager_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) developed by Saad Iqbal, operating within the WooCommerce e-commerce ecosystem on WordPress. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) describes a failure to enforce access control checks before executing privileged operations - in this case, the plugin does not verify whether the requesting authenticated user possesses sufficient capabilities before allowing content deletion. WordPress plugins commonly expose AJAX endpoints or REST API routes that should gate destructive actions behind capability checks (e.g., WordPress's current_user_can() function); absence of these checks is the root cause class here.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Network-accessible WordPress plugin endpoint (AV:N); requires authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L); content deletion produces limited integrity and availability impact only.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Saad Iqbal License Manager for WooCommerce license-manager-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects License Manager for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 3.0.17.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-43437
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