CVE-2026-14853 WooCommerce Bookings < 3.9.0 - Subscriber+ Draft Bookable Product Creation via Missing Authorization
Subscribers can create draft bookable products due to missing capability checks and bypassable nonce validation in the WooCommerce Bookings plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14853?
CVE-2026-14853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WooCommerce Bookings, published on 23 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WooCommerce Bookings WordPress plugin before 3.9.0 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions, and its nonce check can be bypassed by omitting the token, allowing users with Subscriber-level access and above to create draft bookable products.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14853?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14853?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-14853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jfpw-hmq2-3xwx.