What is CVE-2026-14545?

CVE-2026-14545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Truebooker, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-14545?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Truebooker

CVE-2026-14545

The TrueBooker WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not validate account ownership when resetting a user's password through one of its front-end account handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to set an arbitrary password on any account, including an administrator, and take over the site.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unknown Truebooker — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14545?: CVE-2026-14545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Truebooker, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-14545?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.