CVE-2026-11990
What it is
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary pending appointments as Confirmed and forge an associated completed payment record in wp_kc_payments_appointment_mappings using an attacker-supplied payment ID, bypassing payment entirely. This exploit is achievable on a default installation because the gateway resolution logic returns all registered gateways regardless of admin-enabled status, making the manual (KCPayLater) gateway always selectable.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing authorization
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.3.0/app/baseClasses/KCPaymentGatewayFactory.php#L131
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.3.0/app/controllers/api/AppointmentsController.php#L3931
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.3.0/app/controllers/api/AppointmentsController.php#L465
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.3.0/app/paymentGateways/KCPayLater.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.3.0/app/services/KCAppointmentPaymentService.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.4.0/app/baseClasses/KCPaymentGatewayFactory.php#L131
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.4.0/app/controllers/api/AppointmentsController.php#L3931
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.4.0/app/controllers/api/AppointmentsController.php#L465
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.4.0/app/paymentGateways/KCPayLater.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/tags/4.4.0/app/services/KCAppointmentPaymentService.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3599918%40kivicare-clinic-management-system&new=3599918%40kivicare-clinic-management-system
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efe4223a-5c1a-401e-a46b-0278e96d2d71?source=cve