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Race condition in LatePoint plugin allows authentication bypass

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-287Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00403 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
latepointAppointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPressup to 5.7.4—No fix listedCNA
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110653
  2. 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-3xwr-ghgc-2994

References

  • 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
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Sources