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Appointment Booking Calendar Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-11754

| CVE-2026-1704 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-03-13 Wordfence
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Impact

The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) indicates this is a low-impact but easily exploitable vulnerability: network-accessible, low attack complexity, requiring only low-level authentication (PR:L), with no user interaction required. The confidentiality impact is rated low (C:L) because exposure is limited to appointment data, though this data contains personally identifiable information (PII) of customers. The integrity and availability impacts are none (I:N/A:N), reducing overall severity. However, real-world risk is materially higher than the CVSS 4.3 score suggests because the vulnerability operates in a multi-tenant context where staff members often have legitimate system access, making detection difficult; PII exposure has regulatory implications under GDPR and similar privacy regulations; and the attack is trivially automatable via REST API enumeration without user interaction. The lack of integrity impact and moderate access requirements prevent this from being rated as critical, but EPSS and KEV data would be essential to assess actual exploitation prevalence in the wild. For organizations operating appointment booking systems with sensitive customer data, this vulnerability warrants prompt patching despite the moderate CVSS score.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A Team Member at a medical clinic using the plugin for patient appointment scheduling could craft a simple request to the REST API endpoint like GET /wp-json/ssa/v1/appointments/123?param=value, incrementing the appointment ID to view appointments belonging to other clinic staff members. Since the attack requires only network access and low-level authentication (which the attacker already possesses as an employee), and the API requires no user interaction, the attacker can systematically enumerate all appointments in the system and extract patient names, phone numbers, email addresses, and appointment details. Within minutes, the attacker could export hundreds of customer records without triggering alerts, as the requests appear to come from an authenticated, authorized user accessing their normal system functionality.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 13, 2026

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the Appointment Booking Calendar - Simply Schedule Appointments plugin for WordPress versions up to 1.6.9.29, allowing authenticated users with the ssa_manage_appointments capability to access appointment records belonging to other staff members without authorization. Attackers can exploit the get_item_permissions_check method to enumerate and view sensitive customer personally identifiable information by manipulating appointment ID parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 with low attack complexity and requires only low-level authentication, making it a practical concern for multi-staff WordPress installations.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Mar 13, 2026 - 07:58 CVSS 4.3

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments plugin for WordPress versions up to 1.6.9.29, allowing authenticated users with the ssa_manage_appointments capability to access appointment records belonging to other staff members without authorization. Attackers can exploit the get_item_permissions_check method to enumerate and view sensitive customer personally identifiable information by manipulating appointment ID parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 with low attack complexity and requires only low-level authentication, making it a practical concern for multi-staff WordPress installations.

RemediationAI

Immediately upgrade the Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments plugin to a version released after 1.6.9.29, which should include authorization checks that validate staff ownership of requested appointment records. Access the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Plugins, and check for available updates; apply the patch without delay. As a temporary mitigation if patching cannot be applied immediately, restrict the ssa_manage_appointments capability to only essential staff members, disable REST API access for unauthenticated users, and audit appointment access logs for unauthorized queries using your WordPress audit logging plugin. Additionally, consider implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to detect and block rapid REST API requests targeting sequential appointment IDs (a pattern indicating IDOR enumeration). After patching, conduct a user access audit to identify any accounts with the ssa_manage_appointments capability that should not have it, and review appointment access logs for signs of prior exploitation.

Affected VersionsENISA

Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin * ≤1.6.9.29

Affected Packages

euvd appointment_booking_calendar_simply_schedule_appointments_booking_plugin no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability exists in the WordPress plugin ecosystem, specifically in a scheduling application that manages appointment data through REST API endpoints protected by capability checks. The root cause is classified under CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), where the permission validation mechanism fails to verify that an authenticated user actually owns or manages the specific appointment record they are attempting to access. The plugin grants the ssa_manage_appointments capability to Team Members and custom-level users, but the get_item_permissions_check method only validates the presence of this capability rather than cross-referencing staff ownership of individual appointment records. This is a common authorization flaw in WordPress plugins where role-based access control is implemented without resource-level ownership validation, allowing horizontal privilege escalation between users at the same capability level.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The Appointment Booking Calendar - Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.9.29. This is due to the get_item_permissions_check method granting access to users with the ssa_manage_appointments capability without validating staff ownership of the requested appointment. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above (users granted the ssa_manage_appointments capability, such as Team Members), to view appointment records belonging to other staff members and access sensitive customer personally identifiable information via the appointment ID parameter.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Organizations using plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2026-1704, a IDOR vulnerability rated CVSS 4.3. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Low
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 94% exploitable
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Low

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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