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Appointment Booking Plugin <= 5.7.3 - Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'settings[default_wp_role_for_customer]' Parameter

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.3. This is due to the `OsSettingsController::update()` handler iterating over attacker-supplied `settings` parameters without an allowlist of permitted setting names or values, and `OsSettingsHelper::prepare_value()` performing no role allowlist validation before persisting the `default_wp_role_for_customer` setting — a restriction that exists only in the UI dropdown and is never enforced server-side. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers holding a LatePoint role with the `settings__edit` capability (such as an agent or custom role) to overwrite the default WordPress role for new customers with `administrator`, causing any subsequently self-registered LatePoint customer account to be created with full WordPress administrator privileges. Exploitation requires that a WordPress administrator has granted the `settings__edit` capability to a LatePoint agent or custom role, and that a new customer account is registered through LatePoint after the malicious setting change is persisted.

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CVE-2026-104766

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-104766

Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress

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[
  {
    "vendor": "latepoint",
    "product": "Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.7.3"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-104766

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high

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Event
#16967 · Revision 1
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