Unauthenticated stored XSS via encoded booking names
Published Oct 16, 2023 · Updated May 2, 2025
Stored XSS in Booking Calendar before 9.7.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser. The booking form accepts an HTML-encoded image payload in the First or Last Name field and later renders it without sufficient sanitization or escaping in the calendar overview. No authentication is required to store the payload, but an administrator must open the affected dashboard view; execution occurs in that browser session.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Booking Calendar before 9.7.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser. The booking form accepts an HTML-encoded image payload in the First or Last Name field and later renders it without sufficient sanitization or escaping in the calendar overview. No authentication is required to store the payload, but an administrator must open the affected dashboard view; execution occurs in that browser session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-4620
- Published
- Oct 16, 2023
- Updated
- May 2, 2025
- Vendor
- wpdevelop
- Product
- Booking Calendar
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <9.7.3.1
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What is affected?
Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan booking-name stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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