{"id":"CVE-2026-104768","title":"AutomatorWP <= 6.0.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Insufficient Role Validation in Anonymous Automation 'Role' Option","summary":"The AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to missing privilege-ceiling va…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"rubengc","product":"AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI","affected":["automatorwp_no-code_workflow_automation_integration_webhooks_plugin_now_with_ai <= 6.0.4"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-11-08T01:06:47.285033Z"},"published":"2026-11-07","updated":"2026-11-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-08T01:06:54.511Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104768","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6138f184-4475-4288-835f-9bf8c21f9147?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L500"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/automatorwp/actions/anonymous-user.php#L487"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/includes/events.php#L1303"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/triggers/anonymous-comment-post-type.php#L111"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/create-user.php#L174"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/6.0.3/integrations/wordpress/actions/user-role.php#L149"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3754573%40automatorwp&new=3754573%40automatorwp"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-11-07T12:16:41.127Z","slug":"CVE-2026-104768","body":"## Overview\n\nThe AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to missing privilege-ceiling validation in the `create_user()` function within the anonymous-user action (and equally in the Create User and Add/Change Role WordPress-integration actions), which verify only that the submitted role exists via `automatorwp_get_editable_roles()` without confirming the role falls at or below the acting context's privilege level — allowing attacker-controlled trigger tag data (e.g., a `{comment_author}` tag bound to the Role option) to supply any role, including `administrator`, unchallenged. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-role account tied to an attacker-controlled email address, receiving the generated password via WordPress's new-user notification email and thereby gaining full administrative access to the site. Exploitation requires the site to have an anonymous automation configured with the Role option bound to a dynamic trigger tag such as `{comment_author}`, and is triggered when a site administrator performs the routine action of approving a comment — an action that provides no in-UI indication that it will mint a new privileged account from the comment author field.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `automatorwp_no-code_workflow_automation_integration_webhooks_plugin_now_with_ai <= 6.0.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}