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Shop manager authentication required (PR:H); network-delivered exploit with no interaction; escalation stays within the same WordPress scope (S:U); full CIA impact upon successful privilege elevation.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
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Shop manager Privilege Escalation in Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce <= 4.6.0 versions.
AnalysisAI
Privilege escalation in Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce (versions ≤ 4.6.0) allows authenticated shop managers to exceed their intended role boundaries and gain elevated administrative access to the WordPress installation. Exploitation requires an existing shop manager account, confirmed by the CVSS:3.1 PR:H metric, limiting the attack surface to environments where untrusted or compromised accounts hold that role. No public exploit code has been identified and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin developed by Tyche Softwares (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:tychesoftwares:order_delivery_date_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a WordPress plugin that extends WooCommerce with delivery scheduling capabilities. The root cause is classified as CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment), meaning the plugin fails to enforce proper WordPress capability checks when processing requests from shop manager-role users. In WordPress's role hierarchy, shop managers have broad access to orders, products, and store settings - but should be explicitly barred from administrative operations such as user management, plugin configuration, or site settings. The flaw likely involves a missing or incorrect capability check (e.g., using 'manage_woocommerce' instead of 'manage_options') in one or more AJAX handlers or admin endpoints exposed by the plugin, allowing role boundary crossing within the same WordPress application scope.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to update the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin beyond version 4.6.0 as soon as a patched release is published by Tyche Softwares; no specific fixed version is confirmed in the available data, so administrators should monitor the plugin's WordPress.org repository page and the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/order-delivery-date-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-order-delivery-date-for-woocommerce-plugin-4-6-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability for patch availability. As an immediate compensating control, audit and minimize the number of users assigned the shop manager role, restricting it only to fully trusted personnel, since the vulnerability requires an active shop manager account to exploit. If the plugin is not operationally essential, temporary deactivation eliminates the attack surface entirely with no trade-off beyond loss of delivery scheduling functionality. Organizations using a Web Application Firewall with WordPress rulesets (e.g., Wordfence, Patchstack's virtual patching) may receive a virtual patch that blocks the specific request pattern until an official fix is released.
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Unauth. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low at
Same weakness CWE-266 – Incorrect Privilege Assignment
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-53984
GHSA-76fm-xcxx-qqvj