cedcommerce Wholesale Market Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress AJAX Request ced_wholesale_request_send_callback role_required privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in cedcommerce Wholesale Market Plugin up to 2.2.2. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ced_wholesale_request_send_callback of the component AJAX Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument role_required can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-14279. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in cedcommerce Wholesale Market Plugin up to 2.2.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function ced_wholesale_request_send_callback of the component AJAX Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument role_required with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-14279 since 07/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/15/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• cedcommerce

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• Wholesale Market Plugin

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2

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