Booking Plugin for WordPress Appointments – Time Slot <= 1.4.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Email Sending
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Booking Plugin for WordPress Appointments – Time Slot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email sending in versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 due to missing validation on the tslot_appt_email AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send appointment notification emails to arbitrary recipients with attacker-controlled text content in certain email fields, potentially enabling the site to be abused for phishing campaigns or spam distribution.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| timeslotplugins | Time Slot – Booking and Appointment System | up to 1.4.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Time Slot – Booking and Appointment System Vendortimeslotplugins Affected up to 1.4.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12842
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-474f-9w4x-43hr
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/087b6943-5da8-44fe-8614-832768444178?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/timeslot/tags/1.4.6/public/form/email.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/timeslot/tags/1.4.6/public/form/email.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3397527%40timeslot&new=3397527%40timeslot&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2025-12842 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12842 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-474f-9w4x-43hr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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