Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach WordPress site with vulnerable plugin
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ExploitObtain visitor-issued setup token
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ExecutionSend crafted config-overwrite request
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ImpactReplace plugin configuration, discard unset settings
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation 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 target site run the TrueBooker WordPress plugin at a version before 1.3.0 and that the vulnerable setup handler be reachable. The specific prerequisite is possession of the setup token the handler validates - but because that token is issued to unauthenticated visitors, it is not a meaningful barrier, and the handler performs no WordPress capability check. There is no required authentication (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and no non-default configuration needed per the available data; the only practical limiting factors are that the affected plugin must be installed and at a vulnerable version, and that impact is bounded to overwriting plugin configuration (Integrity) rather than disclosing data or executing code. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity integrity issue, not a top-tier priority. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 5.3) indicates a remotely reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with no confidentiality impact and only Low integrity impact - consistent with the description of overwriting plugin configuration rather than achieving code execution or data theft. Publicly available exploit code exists (reported by WPScan), which raises the practical likelihood of opportunistic abuse against unpatched sites, but the flaw is NOT listed in CISA KEV, so there is no confirmed active exploitation. No EPSS score and no SSVC decision data were provided, so automatability and exploitation-status signals cannot be cross-referenced - this is a gap. The main signals (unauthenticated + network + public POC) point to easy exploitation, while the capped Low integrity impact and absence of confidentiality/availability impact limit real-world severity. Note a tagging inconsistency: the input tags this as 'Information Disclosure,' but the CVSS vector shows C:N (no confidentiality impact) and the described effect is configuration overwrite - this is an integrity/authorization flaw, not disclosure; verify intended impact with the WPScan advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker obtains the visitor-issued token that the vulnerable setup handler checks, then sends a crafted request to the handler to overwrite the TrueBooker plugin's entire configuration, dropping any settings not included in the request. Because public exploit code is available via WPScan and no authentication or user interaction is required, this can be scripted against any reachable unpatched site running the plugin before version 1.3.0. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 19, 2026
TrueBooker, a WordPress plugin, lets unauthenticated remote attackers rewrite its entire stored configuration because one of its setup handlers performs no WordPress capability check and validates only a token that is itself handed out to unauthenticated visitors. Any site running a version before 1.3.0 is affected; no login, no user interaction, and no non-default configuration are required, and publicly available exploit code exists (no CISA KEV entry at time of analysis). Impact is limited to integrity - settings the attacker does not supply are discarded, so the plugin can be left in an attacker-chosen or broken state - with no confidentiality or availability impact reflected in the CVSS 5.3 score, making this a moderate-priority integrity issue rather than a code-execution emergency.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the TrueBooker plugin to 1.3.0 or later, which is the first version outside the affected range per the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fda8b7cb-2e7b-4aa1-9d9e-c6d93bf47332/); because the fix adds a capability check to the setup handler, no configuration change is needed after updating. If updating immediately is not possible, the most reliable compensating control is to deactivate and remove the plugin entirely until it can be patched - the trade-off is loss of booking functionality. Where the plugin must stay live, restrict access to the setup handler at the edge: block unauthenticated requests to the plugin's setup endpoint (via WAF rule, reverse-proxy rule, or webserver location block) while allowing logged-in administrators, with the trade-off that legitimate initial setup and re-configuration must be performed from an allowlisted address or with the rule temporarily lifted. Do not treat the setup token as a secret or as mitigation, since it is issued to unauthenticated visitors by design; rotating it does not close the hole. After patching, review the plugin configuration for unexpected resets or injected values and restore from a known-good backup, since any prior exploitation would have discarded settings the attacker did not supply.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
TrueBooker is a WordPress booking/scheduling plugin whose administrative setup routine is exposed through a handler that omits the standard WordPress authorization pattern (current_user_can() capability checks combined with nonce verification). Instead of an authenticated capability gate, the handler relies on a token - but that token is issued to unauthenticated visitors, so it functions as a routing value rather than a security control. Because the handler writes the full configuration set rather than merging individual fields, a request that supplies only a subset of keys causes every unspecified setting to be dropped, giving an attacker both overwrite and destructive-reset capability. The record carries no assigned CWE, but the root cause class is missing authorization (CWE-862) combined with reliance on a non-secret token; the CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N confirms network reachability, no privileges, no interaction, and impact confined to integrity. The CPE string lists the vendor as unknown with a wildcard version, so version scoping must come from the WPScan advisory, which states versions before 1.3.0 are affected.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated network request with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); missing capability check lets anyone overwrite config, an integrity-only impact (I:L), with no confidentiality effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
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2DescriptionCVE.org
The TrueBooker WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not perform any capability check on one of its setup handlers, and the token it does check is issued to unauthenticated visitors, allowing anyone to overwrite the plugin's entire configuration and to discard any setting they do not supply.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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