---
id: CVE-2026-14281
title: >-
  The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced
  Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all
  versions up to, and including, 4.8.6
summary: >-
  The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced
  Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all
  versions up to, and including, 4.8.6. This is due to missing permission
  enforcem…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: 101gen
product: >-
  Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced
  Country Code
affected:
  - >-
    automation_web_platform_notifications_and_otp_for_woocommerce_advanced_country_code
    <= 4.8.6
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T13:08:26.930'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14281'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3679350%40automation-web-platform&new=3679350%40automation-web-platform
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f17d3e43-29c6-4c80-912d-53ceda3fcb5d?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-25T10:34:38.917641Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T07:01:12.109Z'
epss: 0.00531
epssPercentile: 0.4259
exploits:
  github: 2
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/murrez/CVE-2026-14281'
    - 'https://github.com/langz337/CVE-2026-14281'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-27T10:33:39.564Z'
exploitAvailable: true
---

## Overview

The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.6. This is due to missing permission enforcement on the publicly accessible REST route `POST /wp-json/wawp/v1/signup/<op>` and the absence of a key allowlist in the `finish_registration_logic` function, which copies the attacker-controlled `wawp_custom_fields` parameter directly into `update_user_meta()` — allowing sensitive meta keys such as `wp_capabilities` and `wp_user_level` to be set by the caller. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new account with the administrator role and gain full administrative access to the site. When OTP verification is enabled at signup, the OTP session token (`otp_transient`) is returned in plaintext in the HTTP response body, and the `handle_magic_link_request()` handler marks that token as verified on any unauthenticated GET request containing it without ever checking the OTP code value — making the OTP step trivially bypassable with no inbox or SMS access required.

## Remediation

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