CVE-2026-8761

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the CustomersController REST controller (includes/REST/CustomersController.php), which re-registers WooCommerce's customer CRUD routes under the /dokan/v1/customers/ namespace and replaces WooCommerce's native manage_woocommerce capability check with a vendor-only check that inspects the requesting user's role and never validates the target user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Vendor/Seller-level access and above to read, modify, or delete any WordPress user — including administrators — via GET/PUT/DELETE requests against /wp-json/dokan/v1/customers/{id}. Setting the password parameter on an administrator's record yields a full site takeover.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (10)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8761(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 75× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 02:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 02:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 15:47 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 17:06 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-16 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 05:42 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-16 05:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-15 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-15 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-14 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-14 07:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-14 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-13 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-13 08:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-12 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-12 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-12 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-11 21:40 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-11 21:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-11 10:16 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-11 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-10 22:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-10 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-10 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-10 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-09 12:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-09 01:18 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-09 01:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-08 13:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-08 02:30 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-08 02:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-07 16:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-07 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-07 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-06 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-06 04:54 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-06 04:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-05 17:30 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-05 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-05 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-05 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-05 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-05 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-05 05:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8761?
CVE-2026-8761 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the CustomersController REST controller (includes/REST/CustomersController.php), which re-registers WooCommerce's customer CRUD routes…
When was CVE-2026-8761 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8761 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8761 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8761 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 69.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8761?
CVE-2026-8761 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8761?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8761, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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