LatePoint <= 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
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.
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-2026-7652
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-25hw-9r4r-54w4
- 2026-10-08 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 15
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdaa32cd-a148-4554-9fd5-f5b0a5b2d1c3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1940
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.2/lib/helpers/customer_helper.php#L238
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/trunk/latepoint.php#L1165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.5.0/latepoint.php#L1165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/trunk/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1972
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.5.0/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1972
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/trunk/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1940
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.5.0/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1940
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/trunk/lib/helpers/customer_helper.php#L238
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.5.0/lib/helpers/customer_helper.php#L238
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.2/latepoint.php#L1165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.4.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1972
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3522933/latepoint/trunk/latepoint.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Flatepoint/tags/5.5.0&new_path=%2Flatepoint/tags/5.5.1
More latepoint vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-86552 Authentication bypass in LatePoint lets attackers take over accounts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-7652 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7652 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-25hw-9r4r-54w4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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