# CVE-2026-16575: Dokan WordPress plugin unauthenticated commission settings disclosure

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-16575-dokan-wordpress-plugin-unauthenticated-commission-settings  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-21. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-16575 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-08-21

Dokan is a popular WordPress plugin that powers multivendor marketplaces on WooCommerce, allowing multiple sellers to operate storefronts. A flaw in the plugin's REST API allows any unauthenticated user to retrieve sensitive commission configuration details—including commission rates and fee structures—for any vendor without authentication, potentially enabling competitors or bad actors to gather competitive intelligence or identify business relationships.

Technologies: [weDevs Dokan](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/dokan). Vendors: [weDevs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/wedevs).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-16575 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16575 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-16575?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 21 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** weDevs Dokan before 5.0.14.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16575?** A patch was published on 2026-08-21: Fixed in version 5.0.14 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-16575 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-16575?** Check whether you run weDevs Dokan at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an information disclosure issue (CWE-200) in Dokan's Store Categories REST endpoint (/dokan/v1/stores/{store_id}/categories). The endpoint fails to restrict access to sensitive admin-only fields including admin_commission_type and per-category commission rates in API responses. An unauthenticated attacker can directly call this endpoint using a vendor's user ID to extract commission configuration data. The vulnerability requires no authentication, cookies, or CSRF tokens; a simple HTTP GET request is sufficient. A single-store endpoint correctly strips this data, indicating inconsistent access control implementation. The plugin was patched in version 5.0.14.

## Affected products

- weDevs Dokan before 5.0.14

## Timeline

- 2026-08-19: disclosed
- 2026-08-21: advisory
- 2026-08-21: patched: Fixed in version 5.0.14

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44ab8be6-c0d8-459b-9597-79cb28bac09b/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44ab8be6-c0d8-459b-9597-79cb28bac09b/)

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