2026-05-29 14:29CVE-2026-4290Wordfence
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862

WP Travel Pro <= 10.6.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Deletion Including Administrators

The WP Travel Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary user deletion via the /wp-json/wp-travel/v1/travel-guide/{user_id} REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 10.6.0. This is due to the check_permission() callback unconditionally returning true and the Database::delete() method passing the user ID directly to wp_delete_user() without any role validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user accounts, including those of administrators.

Problem type

Affected products

WPTravel

WP Travel Pro

<= 10.6.0 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-3r5v-r3c5-jj73

The WP Travel Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary user deletion via the /wp-json...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3r5v-r3c5-jj73

The WP Travel Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary user deletion via the /wp-json/wp-travel/v1/travel-guide/{user_id} REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 10.6.0. This is due to the check_permission() callback unconditionally returning true and the Database::delete() method passing the user ID directly to wp_delete_user() without any role validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user accounts, including those of administrators.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-4290
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