{"id":"CVE-2026-118086","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118086"],"related":[],"title":"WP BASE Booking WordPress plugin: subscribers can escalate privileges","description":"Subscriber Privilege Escalation in WP BASE Booking <= 6.5.2 versions.","summary":"WP BASE Booking, a WordPress booking plugin, up to and including version 6.5.2 lets a low-privilege Subscriber account gain higher privileges. An attacker with a basic site account could take control of the site's administrative functions.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","wordpress","wp-base-booking"],"not_affected_if":["no-subscriber-accounts","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed WP BASE Booking plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins.\n- Look for `wp-base-booking` or the plugin's folder in `wp-content/plugins/`.\n- Review which users hold the Subscriber role and whether open registration is enabled.","fix":"- WP BASE Booking: versions after `6.5.2` (the sources do not name the exact fixed version).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-30T19:18:17+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T19:25:28+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-30T19:25:50+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T19:25:50+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-30T19:25:50Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- WP BASE Booking: versions after `6.5.2` (the sources do not name the exact fixed version).","reach":"internet","title":"WP BASE Booking WordPress plugin: subscribers can escalate privileges","impact":"high","summary":"WP BASE Booking, a WordPress booking plugin, up to and including version 6.5.2 lets a low-privilege Subscriber account gain higher privileges. An attacker with a basic site account could take control of the site's administrative functions.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","wp-base-booking"],"confidence":0.5,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"subscriber account gains administrator-level control of the site","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and the exact vulnerable function from the NVD entry or the plugin vendor's changelog.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed WP BASE Booking plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins.\n- Look for `wp-base-booking` or the plugin's folder in `wp-content/plugins/`.\n- Review which users hold the Subscriber role and whether open registration is enabled.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed","no-subscriber-accounts"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running WP BASE Booking version 6.5.2 or earlier that allow users to register or hold Subscriber accounts are exposed. Sites without this plugin, or with it on a version newer than 6.5.2, can skip it. The sources do not say whether default settings are affected.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000703,"input_tokens":4054,"output_tokens":595,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-118086':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '6.5.2':34B,68C 'account':41B,51B 'administr':59B 'attack':46B 'base':2A,20B,23B,66C 'basic':49B 'book':3A,21B,24B,27B,67C 'control':54B 'could':52B 'cve':10A,13A 'escal':8A,63C 'function':60B 'gain':42B 'higher':43B 'includ':32B 'let':35B 'low':38B 'low-privileg':37B 'packag':16B 'plugin':5A,28B 'privileg':9A,39B,44B,62C 'site':50B,57B 'subscrib':6A,40B,61C 'take':53B 'version':33B,69C 'wordpress':4A,17B,26B 'wp':1A,19B,22B,65C 'wp-base-book':18B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running WP BASE Booking version 6.5.2 or earlier that allow users to register or hold Subscriber accounts are exposed. Sites without this plugin, or with it on a version newer than 6.5.2, can skip it. The sources do not say whether default settings are affected.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-30T19:18:17+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118086","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118086","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T19:18:17+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-30T19:22:27+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T19:25:28+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-30T19:25:28+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}