CVE-2026-24527 Overview
CVE-2026-24527 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability [CWE-862] affecting the Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products plugin developed by Patterns in the cloud. The flaw stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to access functionality that should be restricted. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to and including 2.14.0. Exploitation occurs over the network and requires low privileges with no user interaction. Successful exploitation can compromise the integrity of subscription-related data managed by the plugin on WooCommerce-powered WordPress sites.
Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers with low-level privileges can bypass intended access controls in the Autoship Cloud plugin and modify protected resources on affected WooCommerce stores.
Affected Products
- Patterns in the cloud Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products plugin
- All versions from initial release through 2.14.0
- WordPress installations running WooCommerce with the affected plugin enabled
Discovery Timeline
- 2026-05-25 - CVE-2026-24527 published to NVD
- 2026-05-26 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2026-24527
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability is a Broken Access Control flaw [CWE-862] in the Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products plugin. The plugin exposes one or more actions or endpoints that do not properly verify whether the requesting user holds the required capability or role. As a result, low-privileged authenticated users can invoke protected functionality intended for higher-privileged roles such as shop managers or administrators.
The attack vector is network-based and exploitation complexity is low. The flaw affects integrity but does not directly impact confidentiality or availability based on published scoring. The Exploit Prediction Scoring System currently rates the likelihood of exploitation as low, and no public proof-of-concept or in-the-wild exploitation has been confirmed.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient authorization checks on plugin functionality. In WordPress plugins, this typically results from omitting current_user_can() capability checks, failing to validate nonces in privileged actions, or registering AJAX and REST endpoints without restricting them to appropriate roles. The affected handlers in Autoship Cloud do not enforce the access control level required for the operations they perform.
Attack Vector
An attacker must first obtain a low-privileged authenticated session, such as a Subscriber or Customer account. WooCommerce sites that allow open customer registration provide ready access to such accounts. The attacker then sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable plugin endpoint and triggers actions that should require elevated privileges. The vulnerability requires no user interaction from a victim.
No verified exploit code is publicly available. Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for additional technical context.
Detection Methods for CVE-2026-24527
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected modifications to subscription, autoship schedule, or customer order data performed by low-privileged accounts.
- HTTP POST or GET requests from Subscriber or Customer accounts to Autoship Cloud plugin endpoints under /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin-specific REST routes.
- New or modified subscription records lacking a corresponding administrative audit trail.
Detection Strategies
- Review WordPress and web server access logs for requests to Autoship Cloud plugin actions originating from non-administrative user sessions.
- Audit WooCommerce subscription data for changes that do not match the role of the user who initiated them.
- Enable WordPress action logging and correlate plugin AJAX or REST calls with authenticated user roles.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor authenticated traffic to admin-ajax.php actions associated with the autoship namespace and to REST routes registered by the plugin.
- Alert on privilege-inconsistent actions, such as Subscriber-level accounts triggering shop-management operations.
- Track plugin version inventory across WordPress sites and flag any instance running version 2.14.0 or earlier.
How to Mitigate CVE-2026-24527
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products plugin to a version newer than 2.14.0 once the vendor publishes a fix.
- Audit user accounts and disable or remove any unused low-privileged accounts that could be abused for exploitation.
- Restrict open customer registration on WooCommerce stores that do not require it.
Patch Information
The vulnerability affects Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products up to and including version 2.14.0. Administrators should consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the vendor changelog for patched release information before upgrading production sites.
Workarounds
- Deactivate the Autoship Cloud plugin on affected sites until a patched release is installed.
- Deploy a web application firewall rule that blocks unauthenticated and low-privileged requests to plugin endpoints.
- Enforce strong role-based access policies and disable customer self-registration where it is not operationally required.
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