Improper privilege management in melograno Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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-2026-9055
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9h4g-7958-x29w
References
More melograno vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-81737 Arbitrary file upload in The Innovative Form Builder IvyForms plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-05512 Cross-site scripting in melograno Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-86488 Missing authorization in Amelia plugin exposes event attendee data CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-83520 Sensitive data exposure in Amelia booking plugin for WordPress CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-13834 Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar - Amelia <= 2.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Payment Bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-86487 Missing authorization in Amelia plugin exposes booking records CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-9055 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9055 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9h4g-7958-x29w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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