CVE-2023-2299 — The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordP

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check o

01What is this vulnerability?

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check on the processAction function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers modify the plugin's settings.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-06-03T05:15:09.267
• Last modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:00.210

09References

• blog.jonh.eu — https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcit…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3104980/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4855627a-de56-49ee-b0b…
• blog.jonh.eu — https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcit…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4855627a-de56-49ee-b0b…