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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-104768

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...

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.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
7.5 High (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
Not estimated
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2026-104768 (opens a new tab)

What happened

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.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

7.5

Version 3.1As of

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

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EPSS probability

Not available

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2026-104768 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

    Published Checked

  2. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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  3. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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  4. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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Cite this record

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, November 7). 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... (CVE-2026-104768). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-104768

MLA

"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... (CVE-2026-104768)." KEVWire, 7 Nov. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-104768.

Chicago

KEVWire. "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... (CVE-2026-104768)." Last modified November 7, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-104768.

Evidence summary (plain text)

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... (Nov 7, 2026).
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…
CVSS 7.5 (version 3.1; evidence as of Nov 7, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104768).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2026-104768: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104768
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T12:15:58.041Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T13:45:58.587Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T11:35:57.434Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T13:15:55.935Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T11:06:00.359Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T12:35:55.950Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
Record ID: CVE-2026-104768.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Nov 7, 2026, 13:45 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

NVD status: Deferred. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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