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Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-67953

HIGH · 8.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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90/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Booking Activities Team Booking Activities booking-activities allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Booking Activities: from n/a through <= 1.16.44.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

An Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Booking Activities WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.16.44) allows authenticated users to access functionality or data beyond their intended privilege level, enabling privilege escalation.

MitigationUpgrade Booking Activities to version 1.16.45 or later which contains the security fix, or implement proper capability checks on all user actions within the plugin.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify if Booking Activities plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Booking Activities', or check the file /wp-content/plugins/booking-activities/readme.txt for the Version line
    Affected if Plugin is present on the system
  2. Determine the installed plugin version
    View the plugin version in WordPress admin Plugins page, or inspect the 'Version:' field in /wp-content/plugins/booking-activities/readme.txt or in the plugin header comment in the main PHP file
    Affected if Version is 1.16.44 or lower (any version up to and including 1.16.44)
  3. Confirm the plugin is active
    Check the Plugins admin page to see if Booking Activities is activated, or query the WordPress options table for the option 'booking_activities_version' with status 'active'
    Affected if Plugin version <= 1.16.44 AND plugin is currently active
  4. Verify authenticated user access exists
    Review the WordPress Users admin page to confirm at least one user account exists with any role (subscriber, contributor, author, editor, or administrator)
    Affected if Plugin version <= 1.16.44 AND plugin is active AND at least one authenticated user account exists in WordPress

The environment is affected if Booking Activities plugin version 1.16.44 or lower is installed and active with any user accounts present, allowing privilege escalation for authenticated users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade Booking Activities to version 1.16.45 or later which contains the security fix, or implement proper capability checks on all user actions within the plugin.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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