LatePoint <= 5.1.94 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via load_step Function
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to insufficient identity verification within the steps__load_step route of the latepoint_route_call AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.94. The endpoint reads the client-supplied customer email and related customer fields before invoking the internal login handler without verifying login status, capability checks, or a valid AJAX nonce. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log into any customer’s account.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7038
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-48wv-cp4q-qcjc
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7389e17-a357-481a-8716-3a93cb6afa7c?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/latepoint/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.1.93/latepoint.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.1.93/lib/controllers/steps_controller.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3366851%40latepoint&new=3366851%40latepoint&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More latepoint vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08303 LatePoint <= 5.0.12 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-08274 LatePoint <= 5.0.11 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-62628 Appointment Booking Plugin <= 5.7.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via First/Last Name Field CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-02298 LatePoint Plugin <= 4.9.9 - Missing Authorization and Sensitive Information Exposure via IDOR CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-76047 Race condition in LatePoint plugin allows authentication bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-41538 WordPress LatePoint plugin <= 5.6.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-7038 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-7038 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-48wv-cp4q-qcjc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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