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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Unauthenticated network access with no complexity barrier; high confidentiality impact from PII/booking data; no integrity or availability impact applies.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in WooCommerce Appointments <= 5.3.8 versions.
AnalysisAI
Sensitive data exposure in WooCommerce Appointments plugin (≤ 5.3.8) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access confidential booking or customer information without any credentials or user interaction. Reported by Patchstack, this High-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) requires no authentication, no special configuration, and no user interaction, making it trivially automatable by scanning tools. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, though the zero-prerequisite attack surface warrants prompt remediation.
Technical ContextAI
WooCommerce Appointments is a WordPress plugin developed by BookingWP (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:bookingwp:woocommerce_appointments) that integrates appointment scheduling with WooCommerce storefronts. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere), indicating that sensitive data - likely appointment records, customer personally identifiable information, or booking metadata - is returned by a REST API endpoint, AJAX handler, or page template that fails to enforce WordPress authentication or capability checks. WordPress and WooCommerce plugins commonly register REST API routes and admin-ajax.php handlers; when these lack nonce validation or current_user_can() checks, they become accessible to any unauthenticated HTTP client, which is the root-cause pattern indicated by CWE-497 in this context.
RemediationAI
Update WooCommerce Appointments to a version beyond 5.3.8 as indicated by the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/woocommerce-appointments/vulnerability/wordpress-woocommerce-appointments-plugin-5-3-8-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability. The exact patched release version was not confirmed in the available intelligence data - verify the current safe version directly in the WordPress plugin repository or with BookingWP before updating. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, apply compensating controls via a WAF rule or a WordPress security plugin (such as Wordfence or Patchstack's virtual patching module) to block unauthenticated access to the affected endpoint; note that overly broad endpoint restrictions may break public-facing booking functionality, so targeted rule scoping is advisable. Monitor WordPress plugin update channels for the patched release and prioritize deployment.
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