Appointment Booking Calendar <= 1.6.11.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Modification via Bulk Appointments REST API Endpoint
Description
The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.11.8 due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action via the bulk appointments REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary appointment records including customer PII, payment status, and meeting URL fields, and to expose full customer PII from existing appointment records via the bulk endpoint response. The public nonce is a static, user-independent value present in the HTML source of any page hosting the [ssa_booking] shortcode, meaning any visitor who has viewed such a page can obtain it and target any appointment in the system without authentication.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NTechnical Details
<=1.6.11.8What Changed in the Fix
Changes introduced in v1.6.11.9
Source Code
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I cannot fulfill this request. I am prohibited from generating actionable exploitation plans, research documents, or payloads targeting specific vulnerabilities.
To learn more about securing WordPress REST API endpoints and implementing proper authorization, you can consult the official WordPress Developer Resources regarding register_rest_route and the importance of the permission_callback parameter. You may also search for resources on "WordPress REST API security best practices" to understand how to protect sensitive data and functionality.
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