dwbooster Booking Calendar Contact Form up to 1.0.23 admin-ajax.php ID sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in dwbooster Booking Calendar Contact Form up to 1.0.23. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file admin-ajax.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument ID results in sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-20068. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in dwbooster Booking Calendar Contact Form up to 1.0.23. This affects an unknown code block of the file admin-ajax.php. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WordPress Booking Calendar Contact Form version 1.0.23 contains an unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the 'id' parameter. Attackers can send requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to 'dex_bccf_calendar_ajaxevent' and supply crafted SQL commands in the 'id' parameter to extract sensitive database information.

The weakness was presented by Joaquin Ramirez Martinez as 39423. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-20068 since 06/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (39423). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Calendar Software

Vendor

• dwbooster

Name

• Booking Calendar Contact Form

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17
• 1.0.18
• 1.0.19
• 1.0.20
• 1.0.21
• 1.0.22
• 1.0.23

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