Description
The Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action. The ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler only verifies a nonce (which is exposed to any authenticated user through wp_localize_script on the frontend) and that the caller has a positive user ID, then calls WP_User::add_role() with the client-supplied role_required POST parameter without restricting the value to an allowlist of wholesale roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator when the site administrator has enabled the 'Assigning requested role directly' option.
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History
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000
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| Description | The Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action. The ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler only verifies a nonce (which is exposed to any authenticated user through wp_localize_script on the frontend) and that the caller has a positive user ID, then calls WP_User::add_role() with the client-supplied role_required POST parameter without restricting the value to an allowlist of wholesale roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator when the site administrator has enabled the 'Assigning requested role directly' option. | |
| Title | Wholesale Market <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'role_required' Parameter | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T06:38:10.106Z
Reserved: 2026-06-30T22:29:09.817Z
Link: CVE-2026-14279
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T07:16:19.120
Modified: 2026-08-15T07:16:19.120
Link: CVE-2026-14279
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Weaknesses
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CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management