CVE-2026-8840

Published: Ago 15, 2026 Last Modified: Ago 15, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
MEDIUM 5,3
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none

Description

AI Translation Available

The Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.36. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary reservations as paid or completed, cancel legitimate payments, auto-approve reservations, and trigger transactional booking emails by writing attacker-supplied payment status and transaction data directly into the payments table. The auto-approval of reservations is only triggered when the 'enable_psuccess_approval' site option is enabled, but payment status manipulation and email dispatch are exploitable regardless of that setting.

862

Missing Authorization

Incomplete
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality Integrity Access Control Availability
Potential Impacts:
Read Application Data Read Files Or Directories Modify Application Data Modify Files Or Directories Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity Bypass Protection Mechanism Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: AI/ML, Web Server, Database Server, Not Technology-Specific
View CWE Details
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.35/admin/c…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.35/admin/c…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.35/booking…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.35/booking…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.36/admin/c…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.36/admin/c…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.36/booking…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/booking-calendar/tags/3.2.36/booking…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88409bb0-5cb0-4f63-b8…