LatePoint Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in LatePoint Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-8176. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in LatePoint Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. 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 to Administrator in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. The plugin chains three independent flaws that together allow an authenticated Agent (Agent+) to overwrite a WordPress Administrator's password without ever invoking an Administrator-only API. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Agent access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator.

The weakness was published by The Hao. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-8176 since 05/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-37060). 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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• 5.5.0
• 5.5.1

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

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