CVE-2026-7652 LatePoint <= 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism
Unauthenticated attackers can take over WordPress accounts by exploiting weak password recovery and email merging in the LatePoint booking 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-2026-7652?
CVE-2026-7652 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events, published on 9 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in the unauthenticated guest booking flow in versions up to, and including, 5.5.0 This is due to the save_connected_wordpress_user() function propagating a LatePoint customer's email address to its linked WordPress user account via wp_update_user() without any ownership verification, combined with the guest booking flow's ability to overwrite an existing customer's email through phone-based merge without authentication. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the email address of a non-super-admin WordPress user account that is not yet linked to a LatePoint customer, enabling full account takeover by subsequently triggering the standard WordPress password-reset flow to the attacker-controlled address granted the plugin is configured with WordPress user integration enabled, phone-based contact merging, and customer authentication disabled. Administrator accounts on single-site installs are not affected.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7652?
How do I fix CVE-2026-7652?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7652 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-2026-7652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-25hw-9r4r-54w4.