Shop Manager-to-Administrator privilege escalation
Published Jun 15, 2026 · Updated Jun 15, 2026
Privilege escalation in Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to become administrators. Neither Patchstack's advisory nor the CNA record names the vulnerable endpoint, action, parameter, function, or incorrect privilege-changing operation. A Shop Manager account is required, and successful exploitation grants full WordPress administrator privileges without user interaction.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to become administrators. Neither Patchstack's advisory nor the CNA record names the vulnerable endpoint, action, parameter, function, or incorrect privilege-changing operation. A Shop Manager account is required, and successful exploitation grants full WordPress administrator privileges without user interaction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-39470
- Published
- Jun 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 15, 2026
- Vendor
- Presto Made, Inc.
- Product
- Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-266, CAPEC-233, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <2.1.0 changes=[{"at":"2.1.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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