The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'service_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create approved bookings against services explicitly restricted to admins and agents, consuming restricted appointment capacity and triggering unauthorized bookings for admin/agent-only services. The bypass works via both the params[booking][service_id] parameter in steps__load_step and the presets[selected_service] parameter in steps__start, both of which are publicly accessible without authentication.
CVE-2026-12657
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EPSS
- 30.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 2, 2026
Last Modified
July 2, 2026
References (12)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.3.2/lib/controllers/steps_controller.php#L244
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.3.2/lib/controllers/steps_controller.php#L341
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.3.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1202
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.3.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1618
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.3.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1710
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.6.2/lib/controllers/steps_controller.php#L244
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.6.2/lib/controllers/steps_controller.php#L341
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.6.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1202
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.6.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1618
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.6.2/lib/helpers/steps_helper.php#L1710
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3584059%40latepoint&new=3584059%40latepoint&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09588c2a-1631-4924-8277-d47f096493c5?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12657(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-06 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 15:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 15:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-03 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-12657?
CVE-2026-12657 is a medium vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'serviceid' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for…
When was CVE-2026-12657 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12657 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12657 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12657 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 30.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12657?
CVE-2026-12657 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12657?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12657, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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