CVE-2026-12144: saadiqbal wholesale for woocommerce Improper Privilege Management

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-12144 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in saadiqbal wholesale for woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.2% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 2.0.6.

Timeline

1. 29-07-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 29-07-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Wholesale for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to the `save_requests_meta()` function applying only `sanitize_text_field()` to the `user_role_set` POST parameter before passing it directly to `WP_User::add_role()`, with no allowlist validation against permitted wholesale roles and no capability check such as `current_user_can('promote_users')` or `current_user_can('manage_options')`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to escalate their privileges to administrator by supplying `administrator` as the `user_role_set` value in a crafted request. The function is gated only by a nonce (`request_user_role_nonce`) that is rendered in the meta box on the `wwp_requests` post edit screen; because the post type is registered with `capability_type => 'post'`, any author-level user who has authored a `wwp_requests` post — such as one created via the wholesale registration form — can access this nonce and submit the role-assignment request.

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementThe product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.