CVE-2026-1566: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in latepoint LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password reset in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This is due to the plugin allowing users with a LatePoint Agent role, who are creating new customers to set the 'wordpress_user_id' field. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Agent-level access and above, to gain elevated privileges by linking a customer to the arbitrary user ID, including administrators, and then resetting the password.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The LatePoint Calendar Booking Plugin for WordPress contains an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) that affects all versions up to 5.2.7. Authenticated users with the Agent role can manipulate the 'wordpress_user_id' field during customer creation to associate a customer with any WordPress user ID, including those of administrators. This linkage allows the attacker to reset the password of the targeted user, effectively escalating their privileges within the WordPress environment. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated user with Agent-level access to escalate privileges to administrator by resetting the password of an arbitrary WordPress user. This compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site, potentially allowing full administrative control.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict Agent role permissions to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to customer creation and password resets. Avoid granting Agent role to untrusted users. Follow the vendor advisory for updates on patches or official fixes.
CVE-2026-1566: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in latepoint LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events
Description
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password reset in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This is due to the plugin allowing users with a LatePoint Agent role, who are creating new customers to set the 'wordpress_user_id' field. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Agent-level access and above, to gain elevated privileges by linking a customer to the arbitrary user ID, including administrators, and then resetting the password.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The LatePoint Calendar Booking Plugin for WordPress contains an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) that affects all versions up to 5.2.7. Authenticated users with the Agent role can manipulate the 'wordpress_user_id' field during customer creation to associate a customer with any WordPress user ID, including those of administrators. This linkage allows the attacker to reset the password of the targeted user, effectively escalating their privileges within the WordPress environment. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated user with Agent-level access to escalate privileges to administrator by resetting the password of an arbitrary WordPress user. This compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site, potentially allowing full administrative control.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict Agent role permissions to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to customer creation and password resets. Avoid granting Agent role to untrusted users. Follow the vendor advisory for updates on patches or official fixes.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-28T20:18:56.426Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69a61e3fd1a09e29cb5e40e8
Added to database: 3/2/2026, 11:33:19 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:20:06 AM
Last updated: 4/16/2026, 4:56:22 PM
Views: 171
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