Unauthenticated settings overwrite via unchecked AJAX action
Published Jul 30, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026
Missing authorization in WP Travel Engine before 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite site-wide trip difficulty settings via AJAX. The wte_set_difficulty_term_level action accepts a public wp_xhr nonce without a capability check and writes attacker-chosen level and term identifiers into the difficulty_level_by_terms option. Exploitation requires one existing difficulty taxonomy term; attackers can add, replace, or remove mappings that control difficulty labels on trip cards.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in WP Travel Engine before 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite site-wide trip difficulty settings via AJAX. The wte_set_difficulty_term_level action accepts a public wp_xhr nonce without a capability check and writes attacker-chosen level and term identifiers into the difficulty_level_by_terms option. Exploitation requires one existing difficulty taxonomy term; attackers can add, replace, or remove mappings that control difficulty labels on trip cards.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-12500
- Published
- Jul 30, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 30, 2026
- Vendor
- Digital Thrive Labs Inc.
- Product
- WP Travel Engine
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 30, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 30, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.8.2
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Public exploit references
- WPScan unauthenticated option-update proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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