CVE-2026-27542

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-03-19. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture: from n/a through <= 2.0.3.1.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
75(Track)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
2%
EPSS %ILE
77%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 19, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Privilege Escalation in WordPress Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture/vulnerability/wordpress-woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture-plugin-1-17-8-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-27542.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture <= 2.0.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-27542?
CVE-2026-27542 is a critical vulnerability published on March 19, 2026. Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd. Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture woocommerce-wholesale-lead-capture allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Woocommerce Wholesale Lead Capture: from n/a through <= 2.0.3.1.
When was CVE-2026-27542 disclosed?
CVE-2026-27542 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 19, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-27542 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-27542 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 23.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-27542?
CVE-2026-27542 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-27542?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-27542, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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