Bookit <= 2.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update

2025-11-15 00:00

Khaled Alenazi (Nxploited)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.5.1

Affected PluginBookit — Booking & Appointment Calendar

Affected Version<= 2.5.0

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-12841

View all Bookit — Booking & Appointment Calendar vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Booking Calendar | Appointment Booking | Bookit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the '/wp-json/bookit/v1/commerce/stripe/return' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.5.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12841 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f9301dc-87c5-400c-8832-c50124cc748a

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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