CVE-2026-89294Simply Schedule Appointments <= 1.6.12.27 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via 'ssa_locale' Parameter
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.95%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Simply Schedule Appointments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.12.27 via the 'ssa_locale' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. Notably, exploitation does not require authentication in practice, as the locale filter is installed unconditionally on every request during plugins_loaded and the callback performs no nonce or capability check before returning the raw GET parameter value.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 38% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
croixhaug · Simply Schedule Appointments
- affected ≤ 1.6.12.27
References
References4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aab8f2ae-993b-4893-81cc-1b8a1a4ef84b?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.12.27/includes/class-translation.php#L108 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.12.27/includes/class-translation.php#L67 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.12.27/includes/class-translation.php#L50 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-89654 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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