SB2019070814 - Cross-site scripting in Appointment Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress
Published: July 8, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "editionarea" parameter when cfwpp_edit is set to 'js' or 'css' in the "cpabc_appointments_save_edition()" function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.