LatePoint Plugin up to 5.2.7 on WordPress wordpress_user_id password recovery

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in LatePoint Plugin up to 5.2.7 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument wordpress_user_id results in password recovery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-1566. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in LatePoint Plugin up to 5.2.7 on WordPress. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument wordpress_user_id with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password reset in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This is due to the plugin allowing users with a LatePoint Agent role, who are creating new customers to set the 'wordpress_user_id' field. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Agent-level access and above, to gain elevated privileges by linking a customer to the arbitrary user ID, including administrators, and then resetting the password.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-1566. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202603-243) and EUVD (EUVD-2026-9269). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• LatePoint Plugin

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• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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