CVE-2025-47583 in Salon Booking System Plugin
Summary
by MITRE • 05/19/2025
Unauthenticated Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Salon booking system <= 10.16 versions.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 05/19/2025
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-47583 represents a critical unauthenticated cross site request forgery flaw within salon booking systems version 10.16 and earlier. This weakness allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of users without requiring authentication credentials, potentially compromising the integrity of booking systems used by businesses and their customers. The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation mechanisms that fail to verify the origin of requests made to the booking system's endpoints, creating an avenue for malicious actors to exploit the system's trust model.
The technical implementation of this CSRF vulnerability occurs when the salon booking system fails to implement proper anti-CSRF token validation or lacks adequate request origin verification. Attackers can craft malicious requests that leverage the victim's authenticated session to perform actions such as creating fraudulent bookings, modifying existing reservations, or deleting customer data. The flaw operates at the application layer where the system processes requests without sufficient checks to ensure they originate from legitimate sources within the same origin domain. This weakness directly aligns with CWE-352 which specifically addresses cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities and their potential for unauthorized operations.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data manipulation to encompass significant business disruption and customer trust erosion. An attacker could exploit this flaw to create unauthorized bookings for services, potentially leading to revenue loss through double-booking scenarios or service cancellations. The vulnerability particularly affects businesses that rely heavily on online booking systems for their operations, as it could result in service disruptions, customer dissatisfaction, and potential legal implications. Additionally, the unauthenticated nature of the attack means that even users who have not explicitly logged into the system could be targeted, making the attack surface broader than typical CSRF scenarios.
Mitigation strategies for CVE-2025-47583 should prioritize immediate implementation of robust anti-CSRF token mechanisms that are generated per session and validated on every state-changing request. Organizations should implement the use of synchronizer tokens, origin validation checks, and referer header verification to prevent unauthorized requests from being processed. The system should also enforce proper session management protocols and ensure that all user interactions require valid authentication tokens before processing any booking modifications. Security patches should be applied immediately to update the salon booking system to versions that address this vulnerability, following industry best practices for vulnerability remediation and system hardening. This remediation aligns with ATT&CK technique T1566 which focuses on credential access through various attack vectors including web application vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized system manipulation.