CVE-2026-4807
Description
The Appointment Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 1.6.10.6. This is due to a flawed authorization logic in the nonce_permissions_check() method combined with the public exposure of a site-wide reusable nonce. The plugin exposes a public_nonce value through the /wp-json/ssa/v1/embed-inner endpoint, which is accessible to unauthenticated users. The appointment deletion endpoint at /wp-json/ssa/v1/appointments/{id}/delete and /wp-json/ssa/v1/appointments/bulk use a permission check that accepts requests containing both an X-WP-Nonce header (with any arbitrary value) and an X-PUBLIC-Nonce header (with the valid public nonce). When the X-WP-Nonce validation fails, the function falls back to validating the X-PUBLIC-Nonce without properly rejecting the request. Since the public_nonce is exposed to all unauthenticated visitors and is site-wide (not user-specific or appointment-specific), attackers can obtain it and use it to view details of arbitrary appointments, including the public_edit_url, or delete arbitrary appointments by ID. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view, delete or modify any appointment in the system, disclosing sensitive appointment data, causing service disruption, and loss of booking records.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=1.6.10.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/booking-app-new/iframe-inner.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/includes/class-appointment-model.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/includes/class-bootstrap.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/includes/class-shortcodes.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.29/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3511993/simply-schedule-appointments/trunk/includesnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/436ab843-7729-4d57-9c9e-2ede2f101ddbnvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 11, 2026 to May 17, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 21, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 14, 2026