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title: "CVE-2026-104766: Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint for WordPress <= 5.7.3 contains a privilege escalation caused by lack of server-side validation in OsSettingsController::update(), letting authenticated attackers with settings__edit capability escalate privileges by changing default customer role to administrator, exploit requires settings__edit capability granted by admin."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-104766/
---

# CVE-2026-104766 Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint - Privilege Escalation

Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint for WordPress <= 5.7.3 contains a privilege escalation caused by lack of server-side validation in OsSettingsController::update(), letting authenticated attackers with settings\_\_edit capability escalate privileges by changing default customer role to administrator, exploit requires settings\_\_edit capability granted by admin.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.30% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104766)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

10 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 5.7.3 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104766](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104766)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38870e14-2e8f-4281-adb6-4be3b1d3d2ce?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38870e14-2e8f-4281-adb6-4be3b1d3d2ce?source=cve)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/controllers/settings\_controller.php#L469](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/controllers/settings_controller.php#L469)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/customer\_helper.php#L297](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/customer_helper.php#L297)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/settings\_helper.php#L754](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/settings_helper.php#L754)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/settings\_helper.php#L953](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.3/lib/helpers/settings_helper.php#L953)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3728691%40latepoint&new=3728691%40latepoint](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3728691%40latepoint&new=3728691%40latepoint)

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