Appointment & Event Booking Calendar Plugin up to 5.0.48 on WordPress CSS Setting authorization

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Appointment & Event Booking Calendar Plugin up to 5.0.48 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CSS Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-8432. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Appointment & Event Booking Calendar Plugin up to 5.0.48 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component CSS Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Appointment & Event Booking Calendar Plugin – Webba Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_appearance() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.48. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the booking form's CSS.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-8432 since 09/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2024).

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

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Type

• Appointment Software

Name

• Appointment & Event Booking Calendar Plugin

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.9
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• 5.0.38
• 5.0.39
• 5.0.40
• 5.0.41
• 5.0.42
• 5.0.43
• 5.0.44
• 5.0.45
• 5.0.46
• 5.0.47
• 5.0.48

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