vCita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita Plugin path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in vCita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita Plugin up to 4.4.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-37499. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vCita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita Plugin up to 4.4.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in vCita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita: from n/a through 4.4.2.

The weakness was published by João Pedro Soares De Alcântara. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-37499 since 06/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/09/2024 CVE reserved
07/09/2024 +30 days Advisory disclosed
07/09/2024 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/09/2025 +335 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: João Pedro Soares De Alcântara
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-37499 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-37499
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270655

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 02:35 PM
Updated: 06/09/2025 10:54 PM
Changes: 07/09/2024 02:35 PM (64), 06/09/2025 10:54 PM (2)
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