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CVE-2025-7038: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the LatePoint Plugin for WordPress

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Overview

A critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-7038, has been identified in the LatePoint plugin for WordPress, used widely for booking and scheduling appointments. The vulnerability could potentially allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to any customer’s account. Given the widespread usage of this plugin across various websites, the impact of this vulnerability could be significant, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-7038
Severity: High (8.2)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Unauthorized access to any customer’s account, potential system compromise or data leakage

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Product | Affected Versions

LatePoint Plugin for WordPress | Up to and including 5.1.94

How the Exploit Works

The vulnerability arises due to insufficient identity verification within the `steps__load_step` route of the `latepoint_route_call` AJAX endpoint. The endpoint reads the client-supplied customer email and related customer fields before invoking the internal login handler. It does not verify the login status, capability checks, or a valid AJAX nonce. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can craft and send a request with any customer’s email and related fields to this endpoint and get logged into the customer’s account.

Conceptual Example Code

A conceptual exploit might look something like this:

POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=latepoint_route_call&route_name=steps__load_step HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
customer%5Bemail%5D=anyuser%40example.com&customer%5Bphone%5D=1234567890&customer%5Bfirst_name%5D=John&customer%5Blast_name%5D=Doe

In this example, the attacker sends a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint with a customer’s email and related fields. As there is no verification of the login status, capability checks, or a valid AJAX nonce, the server responds by logging into the specified customer’s account.

Mitigation Guidance

Users are strongly advised to apply the latest vendor patches as soon as they become available. In the interim, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used to block or flag attempts to exploit the vulnerability.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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