# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4hc6-gpqp-6hfp

## 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 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2024-9263 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9263 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: arraytics Timetics – Appointment Booking & Scheduling. 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-2024-9263/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9263/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9263
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9263
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9263

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9263/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.