WP BASE Booking of Appointments, Services and Events - Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-123064)

AI enriched just now (2026-11-12 20:17 UTC)

Technical Summary

The WP BASE Booking of Appointments, Services and Events WordPress plugin before 6.5.1 does not properly restrict access to one of its user-creation actions, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to create a new administrator account and thereby escalate their privileges.

Potential Impact

Severity is HIGH (CVSS 8.8). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as High based on severity and technical exposure profile.

Primary risk drivers: severity and technical exposure profile

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

AI risk score 78/100 (High, High) with priority P2 Urgent. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.