CVE-2026-8840 (GCVE-0-2026-8840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 02:26 – Updated: 2026-08-17 19:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System <= 3.2.36 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Modification via wpdevart_payment AJAX Action
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-17 19:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevart | Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 3.2.36
(semver)
|
guessed |
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