# CVE-2022-4340: BookingPress < 1.0.31 - Unauthenticated IDOR in appointment_id

> Unauthenticated attackers can view sensitive booking details by manipulating the appointment_id parameter in the BookingPress WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j9f-fw49-x4p8

## What is CVE-2022-4340?

CVE-2022-4340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown BookingPress, published on 2 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BookingPress WordPress plugin before 1.0.31 suffers from an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in it's thank you page, allowing any visitor to display information about any booking, including full name, date, time and service booked, by manipulating the appointment_id query parameter.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4340?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Reputeinfosystems Bookingpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4340?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4340 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4340 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown BookingPress

- [CVE-2022-0739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0739/): BookingPress < 1.0.11 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6467/): BookingPress Appointment Booking <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read to Arbitrary File Creation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-6660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6660/): Missing authorization in Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin – BookingPress (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-50841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50841/): WordPress BookingPress Plugin <= 1.0.72 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-51405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51405/): WordPress BookingPress plugin <= 1.0.74 - Booking Price Manipulation vulnerability (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4340 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown BookingPress, published on 2 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4340 exists.

Affected product: Unknown BookingPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4340/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4340/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4340
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4340
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4340

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4340/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.