Description
The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.6. This is due to missing permission enforcement on the publicly accessible REST route `POST /wp-json/wawp/v1/signup/<op>` and the absence of a key allowlist in the `finish_registration_logic` function, which copies the attacker-controlled `wawp_custom_fields` parameter directly into `update_user_meta()` — allowing sensitive meta keys such as `wp_capabilities` and `wp_user_level` to be set by the caller. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new account with the administrator role and gain full administrative access to the site. When OTP verification is enabled at signup, the OTP session token (`otp_transient`) is returned in plaintext in the HTTP response body, and the `handle_magic_link_request()` handler marks that token as verified on any unauthenticated GET request containing it without ever checking the OTP code value — making the OTP step trivially bypassable with no inbox or SMS access required.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101gen | Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced Country Code | ≤ 4.8.6 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 3 repositories
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murrez/CVE-2026-14281 ★ 4 · Sep 25, 2026
Unauthenticated privilege escalation in WordPress WAWP (Automation Web Platform) ≤ 4.8.6 via public REST signup and unsanitized wawp_custom_fields → admin. Python check/exploit PoC (PoCbit).
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langz337/CVE-2026-14281 ★ 1 · Sep 26, 2026
CVE-2026-14281
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abatsakidis/CVE-2026-14281-check ★ 0 · Sep 27, 2026
A Windows-friendly, non-destructive Python checker for detecting WordPress installations potentially affected by CVE-2026-14281.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f17d3e43-29c6-4c80-912d-53ceda3fcb5d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3679350%40automation-web-platform&new=3679350%40automation-web-platform