Dokan Pro <= 4.0.5 — Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-5931Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.0.5Update to 4.0.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Dokan Pro dokan-pro
- Affected≤ 4.0.5
- Patched in4.0.6
Update to 4.0.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.5. Version 4.0.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Dokan Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.0.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Dokan Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Foxyyy.
The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password during a staff password reset. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor-level access and above, to elevate their privilege to the level of a staff member and then change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators in order to gain access to their accounts. By default, the plugin allows customers to become vendors.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤5.0.2No patch available | CVE-2026-65494 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.0.0No patch available | CVE-2026-65492 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.0.3No patch available | CVE-2026-65495 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ≤5.0.2No patch available | CVE-2026-65493 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Vendor+) Privilege Escalation via update_capabilities REST Endpoint ≤5.0.4Update to 5.0.5 | CVE-2026-12224 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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