WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2020-24313 Modified

Ultimate Appointment Scheduling: Cross-site scripting

Ultimate Appointment Scheduling is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.1 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ultimate Appointment Scheduling
Plugin slug
ultimate-appointment-scheduling
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 26, 2020
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Aug 26, 2020 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ultimate Appointment Scheduling to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Etoile Web Design Ultimate Appointment Booking & Scheduling WordPress Plugin v1.1.9 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "Appointment_ID" GET parameter before echoing it back out inside an input tag. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources