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WP Booking System EUVDEUVD-2026-102784

| CVE-2026-111178 MEDIUM
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-10-16 Wordfence GHSA-936g-2qxf-mq79
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as WordPress administrator
  2. Delivery
    Ensure target calendar exceeds 200 bookings
  3. Exploit
    Submit crafted data[orderby] via AJAX handler
  4. Execution
    Append injected SQL into unprepared query
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate sensitive database contents

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence

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Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated WordPress account with Administrator-level privileges or above (per PR:H), which is the primary limiting factor. Additionally, the targeted booking calendar must contain more than 200 bookings, because the 'data[orderby]' value is only forwarded to the database layer when the AJAX booking handler enters the use_ajax branch; below that threshold the sink is not reached. This is a non-default state, though an Administrator can deliberately satisfy it by creating bookings directly. There is no unauthenticated or low-privilege path and no user interaction is required once admin access is held; impact is limited to confidentiality (database read/extraction) with no integrity or availability effect.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite the CWE-89 SQL injection classification, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 4.9 Medium) is the dominant signal: the PR:H requirement means exploitation demands WordPress administrator-level access, which is the single most important mitigating factor. An attacker who already holds Administrator rights can typically read the database through many legitimate channels, so the marginal risk added by this specific SQLi is limited - it mainly matters in multi-tenant or least-privilege scenarios where an admin is not expected to have raw SQL capability. No EPSS score was provided, no CISA KEV listing is present, and no public proof-of-concept is referenced, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The confidentiality-only impact (C:H, I:N, A:N) correctly reflects that this is a data-extraction flaw, not a code-execution or destructive one. There are no conflicting signals here: network attack vector plus high privileges plus a non-default precondition (>200 bookings) all point to a flaw that is real but low-urgency, best handled through routine patching rather than emergency response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated WordPress Administrator (or a compromised/rogue admin account) on a site running WP Booking System ≤2.1.0.1 targets a booking calendar containing more than 200 bookings, then submits a crafted 'data[orderby]' value through the AJAX booking handler. Because the parameter is insufficiently escaped and the query is not properly prepared, the attacker appends additional SQL and extracts sensitive data such as user records or secrets from the WordPress database. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the attacker can create the required bookings directly to meet the 200-booking precondition.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Authenticated SQL injection in the WP Booking System - Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress (all versions up to and including 2.1.0.1) lets a user with Administrator-level privileges or above inject arbitrary SQL via the AJAX 'data[orderby]' parameter and read sensitive records from the site database. The attack path is constrained: the orderby value only reaches the SQL query builder when the booking AJAX handler takes the use_ajax branch, which requires the targeted calendar to contain more than 200 bookings - a non-default state that an Administrator can deliberately create. This issue is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis; a confidentiality-only impact (CVSS 4.9, PR:H, no user interaction) keeps the practical risk low-to-moderate, and the vendor has released 2.1.0.2 to fix it.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update the WP Booking System - Booking Calendar plugin to 2.1.0.2 or later, which removes the unsanitized orderby concatenation; the fix is visible in the Trac changeset at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3736389%40wp-booking-system%2Ftags%2F2.1.0.2&old=3732637%40wp-booking-system%2Ftags%2F2.1.0.1 and the advisory is at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12923175-4db4-4afc-9e9b-b9f139f24a79?source=cve. Because exploitation requires Administrator-level access (PR:H), the most effective compensating controls are strict administrative account hygiene - enforce least privilege, remove dormant or unnecessary Administrator users, enforce strong unique passwords and MFA for admins, and review administrator activity logs for suspicious AJAX requests to the booking output handler - with the trade-off that these measures reduce but do not eliminate the risk from a compromised or malicious admin. Temporarily disabling the plugin removes the attack surface entirely but also disables booking functionality on the site; note that the 200-booking precondition is not a reliable mitigation since an Administrator can create bookings directly. Generic WAF rules that block SQL keywords in the 'data[orderby]' parameter may help but can be bypassed with encoding tricks and should not be relied on in place of the 2.1.0.2 update.

Affected VersionsENISA

WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 0 ≤2.1.0.1

Affected Packages

euvd wp_booking_system_booking_calendar no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-89 SQL injection in the Murgroland WP Booking System - Booking Calendar WordPress plugin, identified in CPE as cpe:2.3:a:murgroland:wp_booking_system_-_booking_calendar. The 'data[orderby]' request value is accepted by the plugin's booking AJAX/output layer (referenced in includes/base/admin/booking/class-bookings-outputter.php and functions-actions-booking.php) and forwarded to the database abstraction in includes/abstracts/abstract-class-object-db.php#L83 and the bookings query builder in includes/base/booking/class-object-db-bookings.php#L165, where it is concatenated into an existing SQL query without proper escaping or use of WordPress prepared statements. Because the injection point is an ORDER BY clause reached only through the use_ajax code path, exploitation is conditional on the target calendar having more than 200 bookings; the CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N confirms remote reachability, high privileges required (PR:H, i.e., Administrator-level or above), no user interaction, unchanged scope, and confidentiality-only impact with no integrity or availability effect.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.9 MEDIUM

Exploitation requires administrator privileges (PR:H) over the web-facing AJAX handler (AV:N), is reliably reproducible once the attacker-controllable 200-booking condition is met (AC:L), and only leaks data (C:H, I:N, A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The WP Booking System - Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'data[orderby]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation requires the targeted calendar to have more than 200 bookings, as the orderby value is only forwarded to the database layer when the AJAX handler takes the use_ajax branch; an Administrator can satisfy this condition by creating bookings directly.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
moderately popular WordPress booking plugin, common but not universally deployed
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

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