CVE-2026-92619 (GCVE-0-2026-92619)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 06:38 – Updated: 2026-09-18 18:32
VLAI
Title
Booking Calendar <= 11.8.2 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation to 'data_name' Parameter
Summary
The Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 11.8.2 via the `wpbc_ajax_option_save` AJAX action. The vulnerability exists because the `handle_ajax_save()` function applies per-option safeguards only to names explicitly registered via `register_option_policy()`, causing `get_option_policy()` to return an empty policy — bypassing all can_save, force_mode, and allowed_keys checks — for any unregistered option name, including core WordPress options, while an attacker-controlled `data_name` parameter passes through `sanitize_key()` and is written directly to `update_option()` without restriction. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Editor-level access and above to escalate their privileges to Administrator by writing core WordPress options such as `default_role=administrator` and `users_can_register=1`, then self-registering a new Administrator account. The nonce check does not meaningfully restrict this attack, as both the nonce value and nonce action are attacker-supplied POST parameters, and a valid nonce is trivially obtainable via `admin-ajax.php?action=rest-nonce`.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-18 17:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2260 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpdevelop Booking Calendar Affected: 0 , ≤ 11.8.2 (semver)
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Credits
Wordfence PRISM
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