---
id: CVE-2026-105197
title: >-
  The Appointment Booking Plugin  WordPress plugin before 5.6.5 does not verify
  that a backend staff user is authorized to act on the specific record targeted
  for deletion, allowing an authenticated user with a record-scoped staff role
  to …
summary: >-
  The Appointment Booking Plugin  WordPress plugin before 5.6.5 does not verify
  that a backend staff user is authorized to act on the specific record targeted
  for deletion, allowing an authenticated user with a record-scoped staff role
  to …
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-639
product: Appointment Booking Plugin
affected:
  - appointment_booking_plugin < 5.6.5
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T06:16:40.553'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105197'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05f690b9-8696-4e73-8f42-f6964db3d092/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T07:18:54.839Z'
---

## Overview

The Appointment Booking Plugin  WordPress plugin before 5.6.5 does not verify that a backend staff user is authorized to act on the specific record targeted for deletion, allowing an authenticated user with a record-scoped staff role to irreversibly delete any order, customer, or transaction on the site, including records belonging to other staff and outside their assigned scope.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.