The Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action. The ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler only verifies a nonce (which is exposed to any authenticated user through wp_localize_script on the frontend) and that the caller has a positive user ID, then calls WP_User::add_role() with the client-supplied role_required POST parameter without restricting the value to an allowlist of wholesale roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator when the site administrator has enabled the 'Assigning requested role directly' option.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cedcommerce
Cedcommerce wholesale Market
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Cedcommerce
Cedcommerce wholesale Market
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action. The ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler only verifies a nonce (which is exposed to any authenticated user through wp_localize_script on the frontend) and that the caller has a positive user ID, then calls WP_User::add_role() with the client-supplied role_required POST parameter without restricting the value to an allowlist of wholesale roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator when the site administrator has enabled the 'Assigning requested role directly' option.
Title Wholesale Market <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'role_required' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:33:27.928Z

Reserved: 2026-06-30T22:29:09.817Z

Link: CVE-2026-14279

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:33:23.316Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-15T07:16:19.120

Modified: 2026-08-20T12:48:10.287

Link: CVE-2026-14279

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-16T11:00:05Z

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