CVE-2024-9263 Auth bypass in Timetics – Appointment Booking & Scheduling
Unauthenticated attackers can reset arbitrary user passwords and emails via insecure direct object reference, leading to account takeover and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9263?
CVE-2024-9263 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in arraytics Timetics – Appointment Booking & Scheduling, published on 17 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Timetics- AI-powered Appointment Booking Calendar and Online Scheduling Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.25 via the save() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the emails and passwords of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, which makes account takeover and privilege escalation possible.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9263?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9263?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9263 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-9263 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9263 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hc6-gpqp-6hfp.