Auth bypass in Woocommerce Bookings

CVE-2026-14853

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-14853: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Woocommerce Bookings

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14853?
CVE-2026-14853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce Bookings, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-14853?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.