CVE-2026-104768
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-104768",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-07T12:17:41.793",
"lastModified": "2026-11-07T12:17:41.910",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "rubengc",
"product": "AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"versions": [
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"version": "0",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.4",
"versionType": "semver",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Primary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 7.5,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 1.6,
"impactScore": 5.9
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Primary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-269"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/includes/events.php#L1303",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L487",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L500",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/create-user.php#L174",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/user-role.php#L149",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/triggers/anonymous-comment-post-type.php#L111",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3754573%40automatorwp&new=3754573%40automatorwp",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6138f184-4475-4288-835f-9bf8c21f9147?source=cve",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}