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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-1537 affects the LatePoint WordPress booking plugin through version 5.2.6. An unauthenticated visitor may be able to view booking details, including customer names, emails, phone numbers, appointment times, and service details. The business impact is privacy exposure rather than system takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a timely privacy-risk fix for affected booking sites. It is not described as a takeover vulnerability, but exposed customer appointment data can create reputational, regulatory, and customer-trust impact.
Technical view
The issue is a missing authorization/capability check in the plugin’s load_step() function. Sources classify it as CWE-862 with CVSS 5.3: network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction, confidentiality impact only, no integrity or availability impact stated.
Likely exposure
Public WordPress sites running LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events up to and including 5.2.6 are the likely exposure. Sites collecting customer appointment data face higher privacy and notification risk.
Exploitation context
The CVE states unauthenticated attackers can view booking information. The provided sources do not state active exploitation, and this CVE is not listed as KEV in the source bundle.
Researcher notes
Evidence points to missing authorization around load_step() in LatePoint. Public references include Wordfence vulnerability intelligence and WordPress plugin source locations. The bundle does not provide a confirmed fixed version, exploit activity, or a vendor advisory beyond the listed references.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all WordPress sites using the LatePoint plugin.
- Check the installed LatePoint version against 5.2.6 or earlier.
- Review vendor or Wordfence guidance for a fixed version or recommended workaround.
- Limit public exposure of booking workflows if business operations allow.
- Assess whether exposed booking data triggers privacy response obligations.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether LatePoint is installed on each WordPress instance.
- Record plugin version and compare it to the affected range.
- Review web logs for unusual unauthenticated access to booking-related flows.
- Check whether booking data includes personal customer contact details.
- Verify remediation by confirming the plugin is no longer in the affected range.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c18ad885-52a8-467b-83f2-aeb0c8be8be0?source=cveCVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.2.5/lib/models/model.php#L562CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.2.5/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L231CVE reference
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Missing Authorization
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