CVE-2026-6449 Auth bypass in Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authorization to approve waiting bookings via the admin-ajax endpoint, requiring plugin updates.
- 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-2026-6449?
CVE-2026-6449 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ameliabooking Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia, published on 2 May 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 Improper Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to a logical short-circuit flaw in authorization logic that causes token validation to be entirely skipped when a booking has a 'waiting' status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve any booking that is in 'waiting' status by sending a crafted request to the publicly-accessible admin-ajax endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-6449?
How do I fix CVE-2026-6449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-6449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-6449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-6449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w8hw-gcrw-wj77.