Privilege escalation in WP BASE Booking WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
WP BASE Booking, a WordPress plugin by Hakan Ozevin, is affected through version 6.5.2. An incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266) lets a user with the Subscriber role gain elevated privileges. A remote attacker with low privileges and no user interaction can fully compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Description from the CNA
Subscriber Privilege Escalation in WP BASE Booking <= 6.5.2 versions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakan Ozevin | WP BASE Booking | up to 6.5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP BASE Booking VendorHakan Ozevin Affected up to 6.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for WP BASE Booking.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118086
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-pxj4-565p-h4pr
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
More Hakan Ozevin vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-44334 WordPress WP BASE Booking plugin <= 6.3.0 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-42504 WordPress WP BASE Booking plugin <= 6.3.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-28561 WordPress WP BASE Booking plugin <= 5.9.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-16566 WordPress WP BASE Booking plugin <= 5.0.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-51520 WordPress WP BASE Booking plugin <= 6.3.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-118086 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118086 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pxj4-565p-h4pr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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