Privilege escalation to administrator in Salon Booking System plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The Salon Booking System WordPress plugin from 10.17 before 10.31.11 does not prevent users holding its custom salon staff role from assigning arbitrary capabilities to other accounts when editing a customer. An authenticated attacker with salon staff privileges can escalate any account to administrator and take over the site. The weakness is classified as CWE-269. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Salon Booking System WordPress plugin before 10.31.11 does not prevent users holding its custom salon staff role from assigning arbitrary capabilities to other accounts when editing a customer, allowing them to escalate any account to administrator and take over the site.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Salon Booking System | 10.17 to before 10.31.11 | 10.31.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- Salon Booking System VendorUnknown Affected 10.17 to before 10.31.11 Fixed in 10.31.11 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the Salon Booking System plugin to version 10.31.11.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Salon Booking System (Unknown) Fixed in 10.31.11
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Salon Booking System 10.31.11
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-76034 Stored XSS and SSRF in Salon Booking System WordPress pluginPriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-76033 Missing authorization in Salon Booking System lets staff demote administratorsPriority LOW 24
- TI-2026-76035 Salon Booking System discloses hidden coupon codes to subscribersPriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110031
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-wpj6-8qpm-3rhw
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-110031 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110031 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wpj6-8qpm-3rhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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