CVE-2021-24673 Appointment Hour Booking < 1.3.16 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into calendar settings, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-24673?

CVE-2021-24673 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Appointment Hour Booking – WordPress Booking Plugin, published on 4 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Appointment Hour Booking WordPress plugin before 1.3.16 does not escape some of the Calendar Form settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24673?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dwbooster Appointment Hour Booking.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24673?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-24673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qvf7-69hc-gg63.

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