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CVE-2026-12729: weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot <= 2.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Migration via wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX Action

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-03 · updated 2026-07-06
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 2.3.0. This is due to a missing capability check on the do_migration() function registered as the wedocs_migrate_betterdocs_to_wedocs AJAX action, which performs no nonce verification via check_ajax_referer() and no capability check via current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full BetterDocs-to-weDocs data migration, creating and modifying 'docs' custom post type entries with attacker-controlled titles, updating site options, and deactivating the BetterDocs and BetterDocs Pro plugins via deactivate_plugins().

Affected products

• wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot: through 2.3.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L183
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L206
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Admin/Migrate.php#L56
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.3.0/includes/Ajax.php#L39
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3589430%40wedocs&new=3589430%40wedocs&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228d63a5-5053-4692-9801-4860325da153?source=cve

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