Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.4.2 - Missing Authorization on REST-API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check on the processAction function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers modify the plugin's settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2299
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f89h-mvp9-j54m
- 2026-10-23 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 1
Advisory 2
More vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-34440 Unrestricted file upload in vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-02155 Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita <= 4.3.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-41231 Cross-site request forgery in vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-31917 Cross-site scripting in vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-24777 WordPress Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar plugin <= 4.4.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-05370 Cross-site scripting in vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2023-2299 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2299 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f89h-mvp9-j54m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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