# CVE-2026-116557: WP Booking System \<= 2.1.0.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Calendar Note Deletion via wpbs\_calendar\_remove\_note…

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-31 · Updated: 2026-10-31

## Summary

The WP Booking System (Booking Calendar) plugin for WordPress is affected. A low-privileged logged-in user, such as a Subscriber, can delete calendar notes belonging to any calendar because the plugin does not check whether the user is allowed to perform that action.

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## Affected

- murgroland WP Booking System – Booking Calendar: through 2.1.0.5

## Description

The WP Booking System - Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpbs_action_ajax_calendar_remove_note() function in versions up to, and including, 2.1.0.5 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary calendar notes belonging to any calendar.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on murgroland WP Booking System – Booking Calendar, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b25cc768-3377-41c9-acf5-8f6c993287c9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-booking-system/tags/2.1.0.5/includes/base/admin/calendar/functions-notes.php#L123
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-booking-system/tags/2.1.0.5/includes/base/admin/calendar/functions-notes.php#L119
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-booking-system/tags/2.1.0.5/includes/base/admin/calendar/functions-notes.php#L111
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3755940&old_path=%2Fwp-booking-system%2Ftrunk&new=3765778&new_path=%2Fwp-booking-system%2Ftrunk
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3765778/wp-booking-system/trunk/includes/base/admin/calendar/functions-notes.php

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