CVE-2026-25334
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 · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in wordpresschef Salon Booking System Pro salon-booking-plugin-pro allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Salon Booking System Pro: from n/a through < 10.30.12.
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 · high confidenceThe Salon Booking System Pro WordPress plugin versions prior to 10.30.12 contain an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what they should normally have, potentially gaining administrative or elevated access to the booking system.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Salon Booking System Pro is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or view the installed plugins list in the WordPress admin dashboard under PluginsAffected if The Salon Booking System Pro plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Salon Booking System Pro, and note the version number displayed below the plugin nameAffected if The displayed version is any version prior to 10.30.12 (such as 10.30.11, 10.30.10, or earlier)
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Verify user role configurationReview WordPress user roles under Users > All Users and check if any non-administrator accounts have been granted administrative capabilities unexpectedlyAffected if Non-administrator users possess administrative capabilities or elevated access they should not normally have
A user is affected if Salon Booking System Pro plugin is installed with any version earlier than 10.30.12 and authenticated users can access administrative functions beyond their assigned role.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate Salon Booking System Pro to version 10.30.12 or later to remediate the privilege escalation vulnerability.
10.30.12
- Backup your WordPress site database and files before making any changes
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Salon Booking System Pro' in the plugin list
- Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or upload version 10.30.12 of the plugin manually
- Verify the plugin updated successfully to version 10.30.12 or later
- Test that the privilege escalation vulnerability is remediated by verifying user role permissions are properly enforced
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-25334 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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