WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-16541 Deferred

Simply Schedule Appointments: A security weakness

Simply Schedule Appointments is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is < 1.6.12.17.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Simply Schedule Appointments
Plugin slug
simply-schedule-appointments
Affected
< 1.6.12.17
Safe version
1.6.12.17
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Aug 15, 2026 and is one of 38 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Simply Schedule Appointments to 1.6.12.17 or later, 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.

Technical description

The Simply Schedule Appointments WordPress plugin before 1.6.12.17 does not restrict the user records returned by some of its REST endpoints to those the requester is entitled to see, allowing users with a low-privileged staff role to disclose the names and email addresses of arbitrary registered users.

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

Primary and upstream sources