Uncontrolled resource consumption in croixhaug Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to denial of service in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.11.5. This is due to a publicly accessible REST API endpoint (/wp-json/ssa/v1/async) that calls PHP's sleep() function on a user-supplied delay parameter without any rate limiting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to exhaust PHP worker processes, denying access to the site to legitimate users.
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 1.6.11.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin Vendorcroixhaug Affected up to 1.6.11.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7493
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-599f-5f93-g6j8
References
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-2026-7493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-599f-5f93-g6j8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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