CVE-2026-27542: WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture <= 2.0.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

id: CVE-2026-27542

info:
  name: WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture <= 2.0.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
  author: theamanrawat,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture <= 2.0.3.1 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by incorrect privilege assignment, letting attackers escalate their privileges, exploit requires no special conditions.
  impact: |
    Attackers can escalate their privileges, potentially gaining unauthorized access to restricted functions or data.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version beyond 2.0.3.1.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2026-27542-CVE-2026-27540-
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27542
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2026-27542
    epss-score: 0.01737
    epss-percentile: 0.76546
    cwe-id: CWE-266
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: rymera-web-co
    product: woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture/"
    shodan-query: http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture/"
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture/"
  tags: cve,cve2026,wp,wordpress,woocommerce,wholesale,privesc,unauth,vkev,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture/readme.txt"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture")'
          - 'compare_versions(version, "<= 2.0.3.1")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: version
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '(?m)Stable tag:\s+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)*)?)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wwlc_create_user

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - '!regex("^(-1|0)\\s*$", body) && len(body) > 2'
          - 'contains_all(body, "wwlc_firstname", "wwlc_email")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100eb83996ea7cf5de9f2255108484e33826d8774b2916dc6e34864fdd8775cf81c02205d801b0bf2147de86ac36eed1377aef6e3b1628e3a19fa45f306afff3eac1c6d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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