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.
References6
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/abi…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/hel…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/mod…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3514330/latepoint
- wordpress.org/plugins/latepoint/
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71e99412-031e…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 22 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-269
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