# CVE-2023-2299: Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.4.2 - Missing Authorization on REST-API

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings due to missing authorization checks on a REST API endpoint in the vcita WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 3 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f89h-mvp9-j54m

## What is CVE-2023-2299?

CVE-2023-2299 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita, published on 3 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check on the processAction function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers modify the plugin's settings.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2299?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vcita Online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita

- [CVE-2025-54677](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54677/): File upload in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-5791](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5791/): Cross-site scripting in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-2298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2298/): Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.3.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-47638](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47638/): Cross-site scripting in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-37262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37262/): WordPress Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar plugin <= 4.4.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2299 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2299 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita, published on 3 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita. 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-2023-2299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2299/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2299
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2299
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2299

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2299/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.