CVE-2024-13677 Privilege escalation in GetBookingsWP – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin For WordPress
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by changing arbitrary user emails and resetting passwords.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13677?
CVE-2024-13677 is a high-severity vulnerability in istmoplugins GetBookingsWP – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin For WordPress, published on 18 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GetBookingsWP – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.27. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Istmoplugins Get Bookings Wp.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-13677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-36w5-5r4m-f2m6.