# CVE-2026-123131: GemBooking < 1.7.1 - Staff+ Arbitrary Post Deletion and Site Settings Update via REST Context Check Bypass

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-09. Updated: 2026-11-09.

The GemBooking  WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not properly verify that a REST request is addressed to its own routes before temporarily granting staff users administrative capabilities, allowing users with the GemBooking  WordPress plugin before 1.7.1's Staff role to delete arbitrary posts and update the site's settings.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / GemBooking: ≥ 0; < 1.7.1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-863

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/46507e6e-6a76-4842-966c-51cf87cb13c3/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/46507e6e-6a76-4842-966c-51cf87cb13c3/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123131; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated 2026-11-09

Revision: 51028f2081bc31d3108162e210e9fa9d60077381d5af823ae88ec03db0f93e30

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-123131

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