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CVE-2026-126173

9.8, critical

AutomatorWP Webhooks Missing Authorization Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.5% higher than 45.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
14 Nov 2026yesterday

Description

The AutomatorWP Pro plugin for WordPress' webhook addon is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of any WordPress account, including administrators, resulting in full account takeover. This is only exploitable when an administrator has configured an automation pairing a Receive Webhook trigger (with an 'Is the user ID' field) to an Update-User action whose User ID field is left blank and whose Password field is mapped to the webhook password tag, which is a documented, supported plugin configuration.

Details

Vendor
AutomatorWP
Product
AutomatorWP Webhooks
Weakness
CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Deferred
Updated
14 Nov 2026
Assigner
security@wordfence.com

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

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 15 Nov 2026, not the live upstream state.