CVE-2026-92619
Description
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`.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking/tags/11.8.2/includes/page-form-builder/ajax/bfb-ajax.php#L82
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking/tags/11.8.2/includes/save-load-option/save-load-option.php#L138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking/tags/11.8.2/includes/save-load-option/save-load-option.php#L197
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking/tags/11.8.2/includes/save-load-option/save-load-option.php#L303
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3699185%40booking&new=3699185%40booking
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab68a6b2-e9b0-4efa-bd01-c6e3e11011db?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-269
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.