Wholesale Market <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'role_required' Parameter
CVSS v3
8.8
HIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
exploit probability
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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 allowli
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 allowli
Active exploitation of CVE-2026-14279 has not been confirmed. The EPSS score is 0.3%, indicating the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CVE-2026-14279 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string 3.1.
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