WP Timetics- AI-powered Appointment Booking Calendar and Online Scheduling Plugin <= 1.0.25 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password/Email Reset/Account Takeover

2024-10-16 00:00

wesley (wcraft)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.0.26

Affected PluginTimetics – Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling

Affected Version<= 1.0.25

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-9263

View all Timetics – Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Timetics- AI-powered Appointment Booking Calendar and Online Scheduling Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.25 via the save() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the emails and passwords of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, which makes account takeover and privilege escalation possible.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.0.26, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9263 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74bd595b-d2fa-4c62-82d2-dba2c2b128f0

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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