Missing authorization in croixhaug Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive data in all versions up to and including 1.6.9.29. This is due to two compounding weaknesses: (1) a non-user-bound `public_nonce` is exposed to unauthenticated users through the public `/wp-json/ssa/v1/embed-inner` REST endpoint, and (2) the `get_item()` method in `SSA_Settings_Api` relies on `nonce_permissions_check()` for authorization (which accepts the public nonce) but does not call `remove_unauthorized_settings_for_current_user()` to filter restricted fields. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access admin-only plugin settings including the administrator email, phone number, internal access tokens, notification configurations, and developer settings via the `/wp-json/ssa/v1/settings/{section}` endpoint. The exposure of appointment tokens also allows an attacker to modify or cancel appointments.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| croixhaug | Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin | up to 1.6.9.29 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin Vendorcroixhaug Affected up to 1.6.9.29 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3045
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4w38-6pqj-mw46
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5970b8d6-0041-4c30-a6ce-fe67ebf415f5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.21/includes/class-settings-api.php#L128
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.21/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L361
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.9.21/includes/class-bootstrap.php#L151
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3480506%40simply-schedule-appointments%2Ftrunk&old=3475885%40simply-schedule-appointments%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file0
More croixhaug vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46678 WordPress Simply Schedule Appointments plugin <= 1.6.12.10 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-28467 WordPress Simply Schedule Appointments plugin <= 1.6.9.27 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-06865 Appointment Booking Calendar <= 1.6.11.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'append_where_sql' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-62275 Missing authorization in croixhaug Simply Schedule Appointments CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-58265 WordPress Simply Schedule Appointments plugin <= 1.6.12.23 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30684 WordPress Simply Schedule Appointments plugin < 1.6.11.2 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-3045 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3045 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4w38-6pqj-mw46 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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