GemBooking plugin lets Staff delete posts and change site settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
CVE-2026-123131 affects the GemBooking WordPress plugin before 1.7.1. The plugin does not verify that a REST request targets its own routes before it temporarily grants Staff users administrative capabilities. A user with the Staff role can delete arbitrary posts and update site settings. CISA has not added this issue to its KEV catalog.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-09
Description from the CNA
The GemBooking WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not properly verify that a REST request is addressed to its own routes before temporarily granting staff users administrative capabilities, allowing users with the GemBooking WordPress plugin before 1.7.1's Staff role to delete arbitrary posts and update the site's settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Unknown | GemBooking | before 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- GemBooking VendorUnknown Affected before 1.7.1 Fixed in 1.7.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update GemBooking to version 1.7.1 or later. The references include a link to exploit details.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-09
- Fix · CNA GemBooking (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
GemBooking 1.7.1
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-86998 Race condition in GemBooking lets attackers double-book team membersPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-11-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123131
References
Sources
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