Description

Shop manager Privilege Escalation in Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce <= 4.6.0 versions.

Executive Summary

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{
  "score": "7.2",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-06T15:17:17.933Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-06T15:17:17.933Z",
  "executiveSummary": "A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin in versions <= 4.6.0. The vulnerability allows users with lower privileges, specifically the Shop Manager role, to elevate their access or perform unauthorized administrative actions within the application.\nThe flaw exposes the affected WordPress e-commerce environment to potential security compromises, enabling malicious actors or compromised accounts possessing Shop Manager capabilities to bypass intended access control boundaries. This unauthorized privilege elevation can lead to unauthorized modifications of plugin configurations, store settings, or underlying data structures, severely impacting the integrity and security posture of the e-commerce platform.\nThe risk implication is considerable, as it permits lateral movement and privilege escalation from a trusted merchant role to higher-tier administrative functions. Exploitation requires authenticated access with specific low-privilege operational roles, meaning an attacker must first obtain valid credentials for a targeted Shop Manager account or leverage an existing session.\nOrganizations utilizing the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin version 4.6.0 or prior are directly exposed to this security deficit, necessitating immediate remediation measures to prevent unauthorized administrative abuse.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability stems from improper access control enforcement within the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.6.0. Specifically, the vulnerable component fails to adequately validate whether an authenticated user invoking specific administrative functions possesses the requisite capability level required for sensitive operations.\nThe root cause is located in the authorization checks handling administrative requests and settings updates within the plugin's codebase. While designed to restrict functionality to high-privilege administrators, the implementation incorrectly permits users assigned the Shop Manager role to execute privileged routines or modify protected parameters.\nAttack flow begins with an authenticated user possessing the Shop Manager role interacting with the WordPress administrative dashboard. By submitting crafted HTTP requests targeted at administrative endpoints exposed by the plugin, the attacker bypasses intended role-based access restrictions due to flawed permission verification logic.\nAuthentication and privilege requirements dictate that the attacker must possess valid credentials for a low-privilege role, namely a Shop Manager, and have access to the administrative backend interface over the network via standard HTTP or HTTPS protocols. Exploitation does not require anonymous access, but rather relies on insufficient capability checks (such as checking for generic user roles instead of specific administrative capabilities like 'manage_options').\nUpon successful exploitation, the payload behavior or request execution results in unauthorized state changes, parameter manipulation, or configuration updates that should be strictly restricted to site administrators. Post-exploitation impact includes unauthorized administrative privilege escalation, potential tampering with order fulfillment logic, plugin configuration manipulation, and further compromise of the underlying WordPress installation depending on the scope of the exposed administrative functions."
}