Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2026-25415

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-19
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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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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
Missing 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 confidence

Missing 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.

MitigationImplement 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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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify WPBookit Pro is installed
    Go to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and confirm WPBookit Pro is listed and active, or check the plugins directory for wpbookit-pro folder
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active with no version comparison possible due to undisclosed affected version range
  2. Identify plugin version
    In Plugins list, click the plugin name to view version details, or open wp-content/plugins/wpbookit-pro/readme.txt and check the Version header
    Affected if Installed version falls within the undisclosed vulnerable version range of WPBookit Pro
  3. Enumerate admin AJAX endpoints
    Search plugin PHP files for 'admin-ajax.php' and 'wp_ajax_' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' hooks to identify exposed AJAX actions
    Affected if The plugin exposes AJAX actions that handle sensitive functionality without proper access controls
  4. Inspect capability verification on AJAX actions
    Search PHP files for 'current_user_can', 'current_user_level', or 'check_admin_referer' calls within AJAX handler functions identified in step 3
    Affected if AJAX endpoints lack proper WordPress capability checks (current_user_can) before executing sensitive operations
  5. Check nonce validation implementation
    Search for 'wp_create_nonce', 'check_ajax_referer', or 'verify_nonce' in the plugin AJAX handling code
    Affected if AJAX requests do not validate nonces, allowing attackers to forge requests
  6. Test unauthorized access to privileged functions
    Submit requests to identified admin-ajax.php endpoints without authentication or with low-privilege user account to see if sensitive actions execute
    Affected 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.

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

Implement 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.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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