{"id":"CVE-2026-104768","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-104768","summary":"The AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including,…","details":"The AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to missing privilege-ceiling validation in the `create_user()` function within the anonymous-user action (and equally in the Create User and Add/Change Role WordPress-integration actions), which verify only that the submitted role exists via `automatorwp_get_editable_roles()` without confirming the role falls at or below the acting context's privilege level — allowing attacker-controlled trigger tag data (e.g., a `{comment_author}` tag bound to the Role option) to supply any role, including `administrator`, unchallenged. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-role account tied to an attacker-controlled email address, receiving the generated password via WordPress's new-user notification email and thereby gaining full administrative access to the site. Exploitation requires the site to have an anonymous automation configured with the Role option bound to a dynamic trigger tag such as `{comment_author}`, and is triggered when a site administrator performs the routine action of approving a comment — an action that provides no in-UI indication that it will mint a new privileged account from the comment author field.","published":"2026-11-07T12:17:41.793","modified":"2026-11-07T12:17:41.910","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/includes/events.php#L1303"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L487"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L500"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/create-user.php#L174"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/user-role.php#L149"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/triggers/anonymous-comment-post-type.php#L111"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3754573%40automatorwp&new=3754573%40automatorwp"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6138f184-4475-4288-835f-9bf8c21f9147?source=cve"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-11-07T12:17:41.910"}}