Unauthenticated shortcode execution via unsanitized locale
Published Mar 13, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Code injection in N Squared Digital Simply Schedule Appointments 1.6.8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The appointments REST endpoint accepts customer_locale from unauthenticated booking requests; page-appointment-edit.php concatenates the stored value into an ssa_booking string and passes it to do_shortcode without validating shortcode syntax. An attacker must create an appointment, and the payload executes when the appointment edit page is rendered, allowing site-dependent shortcode actions or stored script execution in the viewing session.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in N Squared Digital Simply Schedule Appointments 1.6.8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The appointments REST endpoint accepts customer_locale from unauthenticated booking requests; page-appointment-edit.php concatenates the stored value into an ssa_booking string and passes it to do_shortcode without validating shortcode syntax. An attacker must create an appointment, and the payload executes when the appointment edit page is rendered, allowing site-dependent shortcode actions or stored script execution in the viewing session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1119
- Published
- Mar 13, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- N Squared Digital, LLC
- Product
- Simply Schedule Appointments
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.6.8.5
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- customer_locale shortcode-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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