WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Amelia < 2.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Employee+) Privilege Escalation via 'externalId' Parameter

Description

The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.3. This is due to the `UpdateProviderCommandHandler` failing to validate changes to the `externalId` field when a Provider (Employee) user updates their own profile. The `externalId` maps directly to a WordPress user ID and is passed to `wp_set_password()` and `wp_update_user()` without authorization checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Provider-level (Employee) access and above, to take over any WordPress account — including Administrator — by injecting an arbitrary `externalId` value when updating their own provider profile.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.2

References

Classification

Type
IDOR
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio (Os)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-04-06 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-04-06 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-04-07 (about 1 month ago)

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