Description
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the automatorwp_ajax_import_automation_from_url function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary automations, which can lead to Remote Code Execution or Privilege escalation once such automation is activated by the administrator
Problem types
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-08-18: | Discovered |
| 2025-09-08: | Disclosed |
Credits
Matthew Rollings
References
www.wordfence.com/...-68c8-4221-a3d9-cf75010d2266?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...in/pages/import-automation.php