Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSubmit booking via public checkout form
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DeliveryInject script into Html/File custom field (sln[key])
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ExploitPayload stored unsanitized in database
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ExecutionAdministrator opens customer record in wp-admin
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ImpactScript executes in admin browser context
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the site administrator has configured at least one custom checkout field of type Html or File - a documented but non-default plugin feature; sites without such a field are not exploitable. No authentication is required to inject the payload (PR:N), but the stored script executes only when a user loads the affected page, and the referenced sink is the admin customer view, so the practical victim is typically an authenticated administrator browsing booking records. This configuration dependency and the admin-context trigger are the primary factors limiting real-world exploitation despite the unauthenticated injection vector. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but conditional, moderate-priority issue rather than a drop-everything emergency. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, base 7.2 High) signals unauthenticated network-based stored XSS with a scope change, which is why it scores High. However, that score understates one key friction point: the description states exploitation requires the administrator to have configured at least one custom checkout field of type Html or File - a non-default (if documented) condition that the attacker cannot control, which realistically belongs in attack complexity. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no indication of public exploit code in the supplied data, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' and not confirmed active exploitation. Signals are therefore mutually consistent on the low-urgency side: a High CVSS driven by unauthenticated input and scope change, but no exploitation-probability or KEV evidence and a required non-default configuration. Net: a real, patch-worthy stored XSS whose practical blast radius depends on site configuration, best triaged as a routine-to-moderate WordPress plugin update rather than an actively-exploited crisis. Note the UI metric: Wordfence rated UI:N, but the payload executes only when a user (per the admin-view sinks in the references, typically the administrator) loads the affected page - verify whether victim interaction should be modeled. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | On a salon site where the administrator has enabled an Html or File custom checkout field, an unauthenticated attacker submits a booking and injects a malicious script through the 'sln[<checkout-field-key>]' parameter, which is stored without sanitization. When an administrator later opens the booking/customer record in wp-admin (the sink shown in the referenced views/admin/_customer.php), the script executes in the admin's authenticated browser context, enabling session hijacking or admin actions. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Salon Booking System WordPress plugin (Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas, all versions up to and including 10.31.9) lets unauthenticated attackers inject arbitrary JavaScript through the sln[<checkout-field-key>] checkout parameter, which is persisted and later executed when a user loads the affected page - in practice the admin customer view. Impact is conditional: the site must have at least one admin-configured custom checkout field of type Html or File, a documented but non-default plugin feature, so sites without such a field are not exploitable. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the independent assessment rates the issue as a moderate, conditional risk rather than an emergency, downgrading the vendor's AC:L to AC:H because of the configuration dependency and the admin-context trigger.
RemediationAI
Upstream fix available (commit/changeset 3742306 in the WordPress plugin repository); a released patched version number is not independently confirmed in the provided data, so administrators should check the plugin's changelog and Trac changeset at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3742306%40salon-booking-system&new=3742306%40salon-booking-system and then update to the newest release newer than 10.31.9 from the WordPress.org plugin directory. If an immediate update is not possible, the most direct compensating control is to remove or disable all custom checkout fields of type Html or File in the plugin's booking form configuration, since those field types are the delivery vector - the trade-off is loss of any custom HTML or file-upload checkout functionality, which reverts those forms to the built-in field types. Because the stored payload renders in the admin customer view (views/admin/_customer.php), limiting who can browse booking/customer records and reviewing the booking database for unexpected markup in custom-field values reduces exposure, but this is detection rather than prevention and does not stop unauthenticated injection. A web application firewall rule targeting script tags or event handlers inside sln[...] checkout parameters can provide temporary filtering, with the usual trade-off of false positives on legitimate HTML-type custom fields and no protection against payloads already stored before the rule was deployed. Finally, audit and cleanse existing stored booking records for the plugin, as patching alone does not remove previously persisted payloads.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is a WordPress plugin that manages salon appointment bookings and exposes a front-end checkout form built around array-style request parameters such as sln[<checkout-field-key>]. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), specifically the stored variant: user-controlled values submitted into the custom checkout field array are insufficiently sanitized on input and insufficiently escaped on output. The referenced code paths in the plugin's 10.31.9 tag - src/SLN/Shortcode/Salon/DetailsStep.php (line 179), src/SLN/Shortcode/Salon/AbstractUserStep.php (line 46), src/SLN/Form.php (line 321), src/SLN/Action/Init.php (line 645), and the rendering sinks in views/admin/_customer.php (lines 110 and 116) - show the value flowing from the form handler into the administrative customer record view, where it is emitted into HTML. Because the sink is the admin-side customer view, the stored script executes in an authenticated administrator's browser session, which is why the assessed vector carries S:C (scope change) - the injected code runs with the privileges and origin context of the admin page it is rendered on. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:wordpresschef:salon_booking_system_-_appointment_booking_for_salons,_barbershops_&_spas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected package has no version restriction in the feed, consistent with the advisory's "all versions up to and including 10.31.9" range. Per the assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, the injection itself is unauthenticated (PR:N, network-reachable), but the exploit chain is rated high-complexity because it depends on a non-default administrator configuration (an Html or File type custom checkout field) being present.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated injection (PR:N) but requires a non-default Html/File checkout field the attacker cannot control, so AC:H; stored XSS executing in a privileged browser context gives S:C with C:L/I:L and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Salon Booking System - Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sln[<checkout-field-key>]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.31.9 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. Exploitation requires that the site administrator has configured at least one custom checkout field of type Html or File, which is a standard documented plugin feature.
Executive ViewAI
The Salon Booking System WordPress plugin, used by salons, barbershops, and spas for appointment scheduling, contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw affecting all versions up to 10.31.9. Exploitation requires a specific non-default configuration-an admin-configured custom checkout field of type Html or File-making it a conditional risk, but successful attacks could compromise administrative sessions and lead to full site takeover. Leadership should prioritize mitigation because no vendor patch exists and the plugin is widely deployed in service-industry organizations.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable custom checkout fields of type Html or File, restrict admin access to trusted users, deploy WAF rules to filter the sln[ parameter, and monitor for suspicious admin activity.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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