# CVE-2024-8943: LatePoint Plugin - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-8943 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-8943

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** LatePoint Plugin
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel); CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function)
- **Tags:** wordpress, cms

## Description

The LatePoint Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including,  5.0.12. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during the booking customer step. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the user id. Note that logging in as a WordPress user is only possible if the "Use WordPress users as customers" setting is enabled, which is disabled by default. The vulnerability is partially patched in version 5.0.12 and fully patched in version 5.0.13.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-8943](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8943) is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the LatePoint Plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to 5.0.12. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, if they know the user ID and the "Use WordPress users as customers" setting is enabled. Exploiting this vulnerability could lead to full site compromise, data theft, or unauthorized administrative actions. The issue is fully resolved in version 5.0.13.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 18th of February 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-8943 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit endpoints such as `/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php` with the `action=latepoint_route_call` parameter to bypass authentication and log in as any user by supplying a valid user ID, often obtained from `/wp-json/wp/v2/users` or similar REST API routes.

## Timeline

- 2024-10-08: CVE Published. CVE-2024-8943 is published to NVD.
- 2026-02-18: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-8943 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-03-11: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-8943 for the first time.

## References

- https://wpdocs.latepoint.com/changelog/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-8943.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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