CVE-2023-2298
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
03/06/2023
Last modified:
10/06/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vcita:online_booking_\&_scheduling_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 4.2.10 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e6a0bf9-4767-4d4c-9a1e-adcb3c7719d9?source=cve
- https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e6a0bf9-4767-4d4c-9a1e-adcb3c7719d9?source=cve