CVE-2026-87896: CWE-200 Information Exposure in Rox Appointment Booking
CVE-2026-87896 is an information exposure vulnerability in the Rox Appointment Booking WordPress plugin versions before 1.2.8. The plugin fails to perform authorization checks on an endpoint that returns booking agent records. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information including staff email addresses, phone numbers, private internal notes, and linked WordPress account names for all agents.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Rox Appointment Booking WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.8 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability on an endpoint that exposes booking agent data. Because no authorization checks are performed, unauthenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive personal and internal information about staff members, including contact details and private notes. This constitutes a CWE-200 (Information Exposure) weakness.
Potential Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive personal and internal information about booking agents, such as email addresses, phone numbers, private notes, and linked WordPress account names. This exposure could lead to privacy violations and potential targeted attacks against staff members. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Rox Appointment Booking plugin to version 1.2.8 or later, where this authorization check vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is indicated. Patch status is confirmed by the versioning information provided.
CVE-2026-87896: CWE-200 Information Exposure in Rox Appointment Booking
Description
CVE-2026-87896 is an information exposure vulnerability in the Rox Appointment Booking WordPress plugin versions before 1.2.8. The plugin fails to perform authorization checks on an endpoint that returns booking agent records. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information including staff email addresses, phone numbers, private internal notes, and linked WordPress account names for all agents.
Affected software
Rox Appointment Booking
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Rox Appointment Booking WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.8 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability on an endpoint that exposes booking agent data. Because no authorization checks are performed, unauthenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive personal and internal information about staff members, including contact details and private notes. This constitutes a CWE-200 (Information Exposure) weakness.
Potential Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive personal and internal information about booking agents, such as email addresses, phone numbers, private notes, and linked WordPress account names. This exposure could lead to privacy violations and potential targeted attacks against staff members. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Rox Appointment Booking plugin to version 1.2.8 or later, where this authorization check vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is indicated. Patch status is confirmed by the versioning information provided.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-09T14:59:30.897Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa32e455bf5e2cf517fb4c
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 06:10:44 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 06:17:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 06:38:31 UTC
Views: 3
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