# Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution <= 5.3.2 - Authenticated (Vendor+) Missing Authorization to Product Publication Moderation Bypass via Products v3 REST API

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-2215
- **Plugin:** Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy (`dokan-lite`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/dokan-lite/
- **Affected versions:** from 5.0.0 before 5.3.3
- **Fixed in:** 5.3.3 (Update to 5.3.3 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-285
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Medium, affected versions Medium (as of 2026-11-03)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/dokan-lite
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-30
- **Published:** 2026-11-03
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2215/

## Description

The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the dokan/v3 products REST API in versions 5.0.0 up to, and including, 5.3.2, due to the create and update handlers not checking the vendor's selling status and not applying the vendor's default product status when a live status is requested. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with vendor-level access, including vendors whose selling has been disabled or who are not trusted to publish, to create and directly publish products, bypassing marketplace moderation.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2215/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dokan-lite/tags/5.3.3/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/dokan-lite/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2215/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.