GHSA-8RWQ-PVXH-VJ87

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-03 03:34 – Updated: 2026-07-03 03:34
VLAI?
Details

The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 2.3.0. This is due to a missing capability check on the do_migration() function registered as the wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX action, which performs no nonce verification via check_ajax_referer() and no capability check via current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full BetterDocs-to-weDocs data migration, creating and modifying 'docs' custom post type entries with attacker-controlled titles, updating site options, and deactivating the BetterDocs and BetterDocs Pro plugins via deactivate_plugins().

Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-12729"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-03T02:16:22Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki \u0026 AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 2.3.0. This is due to a missing capability check on the do_migration() function registered as the wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX action, which performs no nonce verification via check_ajax_referer() and no capability check via current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full BetterDocs-to-weDocs data migration, creating and modifying \u0027docs\u0027 custom post type entries with attacker-controlled titles, updating site options, and deactivating the BetterDocs and BetterDocs Pro plugins via deactivate_plugins().",
  "id": "GHSA-8rwq-pvxh-vj87",
  "modified": "2026-07-03T03:34:13Z",
  "published": "2026-07-03T03:34:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12729"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L183"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L206"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L56"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Ajax.php#L39"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3589430%40wedocs\u0026new=3589430%40wedocs\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228d63a5-5053-4692-9801-4860325da153?source=cve"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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