Privilege escalation in Melograno Booking For Appointments And Events Calendar – Amelia

CVE-2026-9055

The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions 8.0 - 9.6.2. This is due to insufficient validation of the attacker-controlled 'type' parameter in the customer update endpoint, which allows customers to set their role to 'manager' and trigger creation of a WordPress user with the wpamelia-manager role when the 'externalId' parameter is set to 0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to administrator by first elevating to the manager role, then creating a provider entity linked to an administrator user ID and overwriting that administrator's password.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-9055?
CVE-2026-9055 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Melograno Booking For Appointments And Events Calendar – Amelia, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-9055?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.