CVE-2016-20084
WordPress appointment-booking-calendar 1.1.24 Privilege Escalation XSS
Published 4 mo ago · modified 8 d ago · JSON
Summary
WordPress appointment-booking-calendar 1.1.24 contains multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to modify calendar settings and inject persistent cross-site scripting payloads through the admin.php page parameters. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript into the 'ict' and 'ics' options or the calendar 'name' parameter via GET requests to execute arbitrary scripts when the calendar is displayed or accessed in the administration interface.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- dwbooster Appointment Booking Calendar
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/39341 · exploit
- wordpress.org /plugins/appointment-booking-calendar/ · product
- vulncheck.com /advisories/wordpress-appointment-booking-calendar-privilege-escalation-xss · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20084
- NVD: CVE-2016-20084
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