WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2026-8176 Deferred

LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess. The published affected range is <= 5.5.1.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events
Plugin slug
latepoint
Affected
<= 5.5.1
Safe version
> 5.5.1
Published
Jun 16, 2026
Weakness
CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

This CVE was published Jun 16, 2026 and is one of 29 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events to a release after 5.5.1, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to Administrator in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. The plugin chains three independent flaws that together allow an authenticated Agent (Agent+) to overwrite a WordPress Administrator's password without ever invoking an Administrator-only API. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Agent access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources