Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.4.2 - Missing Authorization on REST-API

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-2299
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published June 2, 2023
Last Updated November 25, 2024
Researcher Jonas Höbenreich
Description

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check on the processAction function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers modify the plugin's settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meeting-scheduler-by-vcita (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.4.2
Patched Version
  • 4.4.3
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