CVE-2023-2414

Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.4.6 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update and Arbitrary File Upload

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
MITRE

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the vcita_save_settings_callback function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to modify the plugins settings, upload media files, and inject malicious JavaScript.

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the vcita_save_settings_callback function in versions up to, and including, 4.4.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to modify the plugins settings, upload arbitrary files, and inject malicious JavaScript (before 4.3.2).

*Credits: Jonas Höbenreich

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-04-28 CVE Reserved
2023-06-02 CVE Published
2024-08-28 First Exploit
2024-11-25 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c99aab5-a995-44ae-bc14-09f73e6b22c5?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2933915/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-ajax-function.php?contextall=1&old=2924763&old_path=%2Fmeeting-scheduler-by-vcita%2Ftrunk%2Fvcita-ajax-function.php

URL	Date	SRC
https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita	2024-08-28

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-ajax-function.php#L88	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vcita Search vendor "Vcita"		Online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar Search vendor "Vcita" for product "Online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar"				<= 4.2.10 Search vendor "Vcita" for product "Online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar" and version " <= 4.2.10"		wordpress		Affected