CVE-2025-14720 Missing authorization in Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia
Unauthenticated attackers can modify payment statuses, trigger notifications, and access debug information due to missing capability checks in the Amelia WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14720?
CVE-2025-14720 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ameliabooking Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia, published on 9 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.38. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark payments as refunded, trigger sending of queued notifications (emails/SMS/WhatsApp), and access debug information among other things.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14720?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14720?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14720 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-97h9-7qmm-fvjw.