Privilege escalation in Latepoint – Calendar Booking Plugin For Appointments And Events
CVE-2026-6741
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 5.4.1. This is due to a missing authorization check in the execute() method of the connect-customer-to-wp-user ability, which only requires the customer__edit capability granted to the latepoint_agent role by default, without verifying whether the target WordPress user ID belongs to a privileged account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the latepoint_agent role to link any LatePoint customer record to an administrator's WordPress account and subsequently reset the administrator's password via the normal customer password-reset flow, resulting in full site takeover.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71e99412-031e-4f4a-9126-dd3a3…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/abilities/customers…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/models/customer_mod…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.1/lib/helpers/roles_helpe…
- wordpress.org/plugins/latepoint/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3514330/latepoint
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-6741?
- CVE-2026-6741 is a high-severity vulnerability in Latepoint – Calendar Booking Plugin For Appointments And Events, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-04-27.
- How severe is CVE-2026-6741?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2026-6741 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.