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LatePoint <= 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Weak Password Recovery Mechanism

Published May 9, 2026

Description

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.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published May 9, 2026
Updated May 12, 2026
Reserved May 1, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 12, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jul 24, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a