BookingPress – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin and Online Scheduling Plugin <= 1.0.13 - SQL Injection

2022-04-08 00:00
Unknown

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.0.14
Affected Plugin
Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin – BookingPress
Affected Version
<= 1.0.13
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.13. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 1.0.14; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2022, reported by Unknown.

Vulnerability Overview

The BookingPress – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin and Online Scheduling Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via many parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.0.13.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Reaching this weakness in Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin <= 1.0.13 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.

A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin the fix is 1.0.14: builds <= 1.0.13 are affected, anything from 1.0.14 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.14, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin 1.0.14 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/574dd6d8-14df-47b8-bf03-28a3c02b73ec

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