CVE-2023-2298

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'business_id' parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.2.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e6a0bf9-4767-4d4c-9a1e-adcb3c7719d9?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e6a0bf9-4767-4d4c-9a1e-adcb3c7719d9?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vcita:online_booking_\&_scheduling_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

10 Jun 2025, 12:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:vcita:online_booking_\&_scheduling_calendar_for_wordpress::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:vcita:online_booking_\&_scheduling_calendar::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Vcita online Booking \& Scheduling Calendar

Information

Published : 2023-06-03 05:15

Updated : 2025-06-10 12:45

NVD link : CVE-2023-2298

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2298

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vcita

online_booking_\&_scheduling_calendar

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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