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.
References5
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wholesale-market/tags/2.2.2/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wholesale-market/tags/2.2.2/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wholesale-market/tags/2.2.2/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wholesale-market/tags/2.2.2/…
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abd59d7a-e7f6…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 45 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-269
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