# CVE-2026-14279: Wholesale Market <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'role_required' Parameter

> Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to Administrator via the role_required parameter if the direct role assignment option is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv24-4cw2-5gxg

## What is CVE-2026-14279?

CVE-2026-14279 is a high-severity vulnerability in cedcommerce Wholesale Market, published on 15 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14279?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14279 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14279 is a high-severity vulnerability in cedcommerce Wholesale Market, published on 15 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cedcommerce Wholesale Market. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14279/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14279
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14279
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14279

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14279/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.