CVE-2023-2416 Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Logout

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can force logged-in users to log out of their vcita accounts via CSRF, causing denial of service for the appointment scheduler.

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

What is CVE-2023-2416?

CVE-2023-2416 is a medium-severity 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to a missing nonce check on the vcita_logout_callback function in versions up to, and including, 4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated to logout a vctia connected account which would cause a denial of service on the appointment scheduler, via a forged request granted they can trick a site user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2416?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vcita Online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2416?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-2416 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hvfm-839j-xgqx.

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