CVE-2026-27541

HIGH EXPLOITED LAB

Wholesale Suite <=2.2.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2026-27541 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including rootdirective-sec.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional PoC for CVE-2026-27541, demonstrating an authenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Prices plugin. The exploit leverages a broken access control issue where the `manage_woocommerce` capability is incorrectly used instead of `manage_options` for an admin settings endpoint.

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Josh Kohlbach Wholesale Suite woocommerce-wholesale-prices allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Wholesale Suite: from n/a through <= 2.2.6.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC

by rootdirective-sec · poc

https://github.com/rootdirective-sec/CVE-2026-27541-Analysis-Lab

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This repository contains a functional PoC for CVE-2026-27541, demonstrating an authenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Prices plugin. The exploit leverages a broken access control issue where the `manage_woocommerce` capability is incorrectly used instead of `manage_options` for an admin settings endpoint.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Auth Bypass

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: WooCommerce Wholesale Prices plugin versions 2.2.6 and below

Auth required

Prerequisites: Authenticated session as a user with `manage_woocommerce` capability (e.g., shop_manager role) · Valid nonce for the REST API endpoint

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1078 - Valid Accounts

devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woocommerce-wholesale-prices/vulnerability/wordpress-wholesale-suite-plugin-2-2-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 17.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY

Community Lab

docker pull wordpress:cli-php8.2

docker pull wordpress:6.8.1-php8.2-apache

https://github.com/rootdirective-sec/CVE-2026-27541-Analysis-Lab

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Details

VulnCheck KEV 2026-02-20

CWE

CWE-266

Status published

Products (1)

Josh Kohlbach/Wholesale Suite < 2.2.6

Published Mar 05, 2026

Tracked Since Mar 05, 2026