SB2023042404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Appointment and Event Booking Calendar for WordPress – Amelia plugin

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27918)

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. 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.

2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29427)

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. 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.

References

• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00971105/index.html
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ameliabooking/wordpress-amelia-plugin-1-0-75-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve