CVE-2026-28005: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Nexcess Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer
Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer <= 1.5.19 versions.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-862) affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer versions <= 1.5.19 and enables an attacker to escalate privileges without authentication because of missing authorization controls. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system or application, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the impacted environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been documented at this time.
CVE-2026-28005: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Nexcess Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer
Description
Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer <= 1.5.19 versions.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-862) affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer versions <= 1.5.19 and enables an attacker to escalate privileges without authentication because of missing authorization controls. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system or application, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the impacted environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been documented at this time.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-25T12:13:06.634Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a749d33bf8831d539db9d33
Added to database: 08/06/2026, 14:41:55 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 16:11:58 UTC
Last updated: 08/07/2026, 00:45:13 UTC
Views: 4
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