CVE-2026-25415
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in iqonicdesign WPBookit Pro wpbookit-pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WPBookit Pro: from n/a through <= 1.6.18.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in WPBookit Pro WordPress plugin enables attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels, allowing unauthorized access to functionality or data that should be restricted to privileged users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Verify WPBookit Pro is installedGo to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and confirm WPBookit Pro is listed and active, or check the plugins directory for wpbookit-pro folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active with no version comparison possible due to undisclosed affected version range
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Identify plugin versionIn Plugins list, click the plugin name to view version details, or open wp-content/plugins/wpbookit-pro/readme.txt and check the Version headerAffected if Installed version falls within the undisclosed vulnerable version range of WPBookit Pro
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Enumerate admin AJAX endpointsSearch plugin PHP files for 'admin-ajax.php' and 'wp_ajax_' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' hooks to identify exposed AJAX actionsAffected if The plugin exposes AJAX actions that handle sensitive functionality without proper access controls
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Inspect capability verification on AJAX actionsSearch PHP files for 'current_user_can', 'current_user_level', or 'check_admin_referer' calls within AJAX handler functions identified in step 3Affected if AJAX endpoints lack proper WordPress capability checks (current_user_can) before executing sensitive operations
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Check nonce validation implementationSearch for 'wp_create_nonce', 'check_ajax_referer', or 'verify_nonce' in the plugin AJAX handling codeAffected if AJAX requests do not validate nonces, allowing attackers to forge requests
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Test unauthorized access to privileged functionsSubmit requests to identified admin-ajax.php endpoints without authentication or with low-privilege user account to see if sensitive actions executeAffected if Low-privilege or unauthenticated users can successfully execute functions that should require administrator capabilities
User is affected if WPBookit Pro is installed and its AJAX endpoints lack proper capability checks, nonce validation, and role-based access control on sensitive functions.
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.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks including WordPress capability verification, nonce validation, and role-based access control (RBAC) on all sensitive functions and admin AJAX endpoints within the plugin.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-25415 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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