CVE-2026-14279 is a privilege-escalation vulnerability in the CedCommerce Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress affecting versions up to and including 2.2.2. The flaw is present in the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action, specifically in the ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler. The handler validates only a nonce and that the requester has a positive user ID, then passes the client-controlled role_required POST parameter directly to WP_User::add_role() without restricting the requested role to an approved allowlist of wholesale-specific roles. Because the nonce is exposed to authenticated users on the frontend, an authenticated attacker can submit a crafted request that assigns an arbitrary role, including Administrator, when the plugin is configured to assign requested roles directly.
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