CVE-2024-6467 BookingPress Appointment Booking <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read to Arbitrary File Creation

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can read arbitrary files and create new files with that content, enabling PHP code execution or data exposure.

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-2024-6467?

CVE-2024-6467 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in reputeinfosystems Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Scheduling Plugin – BookingPress, published on 17 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The BookingPress – Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Online Scheduling Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read to Arbitrary File Creation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5 via the 'bookingpress_save_lite_wizard_settings_func' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary files that contain the content of files (either on the local server or from a remote location), allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files or the exposure of sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-73

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6467?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Reputeinfosystems Bookingpress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6467?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6467 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-6467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g477-cj4h-5cfp.

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