CVE-2026-77705: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar
The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.4.10 does not verify that the user editing a customer or employee record is entitled to modify the WordPress account linked to it, allowing users holding Amelia's customer or employee management permissions to set the password and email address of other users' WordPress accounts and take them over.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-77705 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) in the Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar WordPress plugin prior to version 2.4.10. The plugin fails to verify that a user editing a customer or employee record is authorized to modify the associated WordPress account. As a result, users with Amelia's customer or employee management permissions can change the password and email address of other users' WordPress accounts, effectively taking control of those accounts.
Potential Impact
An attacker with customer or employee management permissions can take over other users' WordPress accounts by changing their passwords and email addresses. This could lead to unauthorized access and control over affected WordPress accounts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar plugin to version 2.4.10 or later, where this authorization bypass vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated.
CVE-2026-77705: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar
Description
The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.4.10 does not verify that the user editing a customer or employee record is entitled to modify the WordPress account linked to it, allowing users holding Amelia's customer or employee management permissions to set the password and email address of other users' WordPress accounts and take them over.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Affected software
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-77705 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) in the Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar WordPress plugin prior to version 2.4.10. The plugin fails to verify that a user editing a customer or employee record is authorized to modify the associated WordPress account. As a result, users with Amelia's customer or employee management permissions can change the password and email address of other users' WordPress accounts, effectively taking control of those accounts.
Potential Impact
An attacker with customer or employee management permissions can take over other users' WordPress accounts by changing their passwords and email addresses. This could lead to unauthorized access and control over affected WordPress accounts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar plugin to version 2.4.10 or later, where this authorization bypass vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-21T08:04:51.534Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa4ee6055bf5e2cf5f21fd7
Added to database: 09/12/2026, 06:17:04 UTC
Last enriched: 09/12/2026, 06:48:30 UTC
Last updated: 09/13/2026, 03:01:23 UTC
Views: 13
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