CVE-2026-14279
Authenticated users can escalate to Admin via Wholesale Market WordPress plugin AJAX role assignment.
Is CVE-2026-14279 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14279 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14279?
CVE-2026-14279 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14279?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-14279, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-14279 affect?
CVE-2026-14279 affects Wholesale Market WordPress plugin <= 2.2.2, WordPress sites with plugin installed and 'Assigning requested role directly' enabled. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14279?
Disable plugin or disable 'Assigning requested role directly'; restrict accounts and apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated users (Subscriber+) can supply an arbitrary role_required value to gain Administrator via exposed nonce and WP_User::add_role(), enabling full site takeover.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 2.2.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.