---
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'
---

## Overview

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 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.

## Affected

- `automatorwp_no-code_workflow_automation_integration_webhooks_plugin_now_with_ai <= 6.0.4`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.