Detection Guidance

This vulnerability involves missing authorization in the Taxi Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin, allowing unauthenticated users to perform higher-privileged actions. Detection typically involves checking for unauthorized access attempts or exploitation of access control flaws.

Since this is a WordPress plugin vulnerability, detection can include monitoring HTTP requests to the plugin's endpoints for suspicious activity such as unauthorized POST or GET requests that perform privileged actions without proper authentication.

Specific commands to detect exploitation attempts are not provided in the available resources. However, general approaches include:

• Using web server logs (e.g., Apache or Nginx access logs) to search for unusual requests to the Taxi Booking Manager plugin URLs.
• Using tools like curl or wget to test if privileged actions can be performed without authentication.
• Employing WordPress security plugins or scanners that can detect broken access control vulnerabilities.

For example, a command to check for unauthorized access attempts in Apache logs might be:

• grep -i 'taxi-booking-manager' /var/log/apache2/access.log | grep -v 'authenticated_user_identifier'

However, exact commands depend on the server setup and plugin endpoints, which are not detailed in the provided information.

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Executive Summary

CVE-2026-25426 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress Taxi Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin, versions 2.0.1 and below.

This vulnerability arises from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks, which allows unauthenticated users to perform actions that should require higher privileges.

It is classified under OWASP Top 10 A1: Broken Access Control and has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low severity impact.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to execute higher-privileged actions within the Taxi Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin.

Such unauthorized actions could lead to unauthorized access or manipulation of booking data or other sensitive operations that should be restricted.

Although the impact is considered low severity, it still poses a risk to the integrity and security of the affected system.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate the vulnerability in the Taxi Booking Manager for WooCommerce Plugin (versions 2.0.1 and below), users should immediately update the plugin to version 2.0.2 or later.

Alternatively, users can seek assistance from their hosting provider or developer to apply the necessary patches.

Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins to ensure timely patching.

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Compliance Impact

The vulnerability is a Broken Access Control issue that allows unauthenticated users to perform higher-privileged actions due to missing authorization checks.

Such access control weaknesses can potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, which may impact compliance with standards and regulations like GDPR and HIPAA that require strict access controls to protect personal and health information.

However, the provided information does not explicitly state the direct impact on compliance with these regulations.

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