CVE-2026-12224: Wedevs Dokan Pro

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via update_capabilities REST Endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This is due to the `update_capabilities()` REST handler accepting arbitrary capability strings from the request body and passing them directly to WP_User::add_cap() with no allowlist validation, only verifying that the caller holds the dokandar capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with a self-provisioned Vendor-level access and above, on sites with the Vendor Staff module enabled, to grant arbitrary WordPress capabilities, including administrator, to any vendor_staff account, leading to a full site takeover.

Affected products

• Wedevs Dokan Pro: up to and including 5.0.4

Published 2026-07-01. Last modified 2026-07-01.