Race condition in LatePoint plugin allows authentication bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The Appointment Booking Plugin, known as LatePoint, is affected in all versions up to and including 5.7.4. A non-atomic read-modify-write on the OTP verification attempts counter in the verifyOTP function lets concurrent requests bypass the 10-attempt lockout (CWE-287). An unauthenticated attacker who knows a customer's registered email address or phone number can brute-force the 6-digit OTP and authenticate as that LatePoint customer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via Race Condition in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.4. This is due to a non-atomic read-modify-write on the OTP verification attempts counter in the `verifyOTP` function: the counter is incremented using a stale in-memory value with no conditional `WHERE attempts < 10` guard on the `UPDATE` and no `SELECT ... FOR UPDATE` row lock, creating a TOCTOU window that allows concurrent requests to bypass the 10-attempt lockout. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers — who know a target customer's registered email address or phone number — to fire concurrent requests to the `auth__verify_otp` endpoint, defeat the lockout cap, brute-force the 6-digit OTP code, and authenticate as the targeted LatePoint customer, gaining full access to their account, bookings, and personal data. The nonce check present on the endpoint (`otp_verify_otp_nonce`) does not mitigate this issue, as the nonce is publicly emitted by the unauthenticated `request_otp` and `resend_otp` endpoints and is trivially obtainable by any unauthenticated attacker prior to launching the race.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| latepoint | Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress | up to 5.7.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress Vendorlatepoint Affected up to 5.7.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for LatePoint.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110653
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-3xwr-ghgc-2994
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fbc1dd-06c9-409b-8cad-3f350b38dfc3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php#L228
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php#L185
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth_controller.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth_controller.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/models/model.php#L773
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.5/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php
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-2026-41538 WordPress LatePoint plugin <= 5.6.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-110653 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110653 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3xwr-ghgc-2994 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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