CVE-2026-6741
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 5.4.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the execute() method of the connect-customer-to-wp-user ability, which only requires the customer__edit capability granted to the latepoint_agent role by default, without verifying whether the target WordPress user ID belongs to a privileged account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the latepoint_agent role to link any LatePoint customer record to an administrator's WordPress account and subsequently reset the administrator's password via the normal customer password-reset flow, resulting in full site takeover.
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LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for WordPress (versions up to 5.4.1) allows users with the latepoint_agent role to take over administrator accounts. By exploiting a missing authorization check, an attacker can link a customer record to an admin account and reset the password, leading to a complete site takeover.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCWE-269EPSS
Technical description
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 5.4.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the execute() method of the connect-customer-to-wp-user ability, which only requires the customer__edit capability granted to the latepoint_agent role by default, without verifying whether the target WordPress user ID belongs to a privileged account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the latepoint_agent role to link any LatePoint customer record to an administrator's WordPress account and subsequently reset the administrator's password via the normal customer password-reset flow, resulting in full site takeover.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/abilities/customers/connect-customer-to-wp-user.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/helpers/roles_helper.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/models/customer_model.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3514330/latepoint
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/latepoint/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71e99412-031e-4f4a-9126-dd3a37975246?source=cve