# CVE-2026-14212: Amelia Pro < 9.8 - Provider+ Arbitrary Provider Password Update via IDOR

> Authenticated employees can overwrite other employees' passwords via IDOR, leading to account takeover in the Amelia Pro WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mw2j-768f-6vw5

## What is CVE-2026-14212?

CVE-2026-14212 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar, published on 26 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar  WordPress plugin before 9.8 does not verify that an authenticated employee (provider) owns the provider account being updated, allowing any employee with an Employee Panel login to overwrite another employee's cabinet password and take over their account.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14212?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14212 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14212 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14212 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar, published on 26 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14212/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14212/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14212
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14212
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14212

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14212/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.