CVE-2026-9851

Published: Giu 06, 2026 Last Modified: Giu 06, 2026
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Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
HIGH 7,2
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: high
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high

Description

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The Booking Package plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16. This is due to a missing capability check on the 'updateUser' branch of the package_app_action AJAX endpoint, where the handler only validates a nonce and the dispatcher invokes Schedule::updateUser() with the $administrator argument hard-coded to 1, bypassing the only owner-restriction check inside that function and allowing the target user to be determined solely by attacker-supplied input passed directly to wp_update_user(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to change the email address and password of any account, including Administrator accounts, resulting in a full site takeover.

639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Incomplete
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
View CWE Details
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-package/tags/1.7.13/index.ph…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-package/tags/1.7.13/index.ph…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-package/tags/1.7.13/lib/Sche…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&ol…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/795c1fd6-137b-4414-8d…