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WP BASE Booking EUVDEUVD-2026-63310

| CVE-2026-73402 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-08-20 Patchstack GHSA-q388-9hv6-3cxg
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Register subscriber account on target WordPress site
  2. Delivery
    Submit XSS payload via booking form or profile field
  3. Exploit
    Administrator navigates to page rendering attacker input
  4. Execution
    Malicious script executes in admin browser
  5. Persist
    Exfiltrate admin session cookie or issue privileged API requests
  6. Impact
    Achieve full site compromise

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to possess a valid WordPress subscriber account on the target site, meaning either open user registration is enabled or the attacker has obtained subscriber credentials through another means. The victim - typically an administrator - must subsequently navigate to and render the page that displays the attacker's injected input (UI:R). Sites where user registration is disabled or restricted to vetted accounts are not exposed to external exploitation through this vector. The scope change (S:C) means the direct impact falls on the victim's browser session rather than the server itself, enabling session hijacking and privilege escalation but not direct server-side code execution.

Impact

The CVSS 6.5 Medium score with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C reflects a meaningful but bounded threat: network-reachable and low-complexity, but constrained by the need for subscriber-level credentials and victim interaction. No EPSS score was supplied and the vulnerability does not appear in CISA KEV, and no POC code has been identified, all of which reduce immediate threat urgency. The scope change (S:C) is the most consequential factor - a subscriber who successfully injects a payload executing in an administrator's browser could hijack the admin session, create rogue admin accounts, or install malicious plugins, effectively achieving full site compromise through a single low-privilege account. Practical exposure is strongly modulated by whether the site permits open subscriber registration; sites with closed registration face substantially lower risk from external actors.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a subscriber account on a target WordPress site with open registration and WP BASE Booking <= 6.3.2 installed, then submits a booking request or fills a profile field with a crafted JavaScript payload. When an administrator later reviews pending bookings or navigates to the page rendering that input, the script executes silently in the admin's browser - exfiltrating the session cookie to an attacker-controlled server or issuing authenticated WordPress API requests to create a new admin user. No public POC has been identified, but XSS exploitation at this privilege tier is well within the capability of intermediate-skill attackers.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the WP BASE Booking WordPress plugin (versions <= 6.3.2) allows subscriber-level authenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript into booking-related pages rendered for other users. The CVSS vector (PR:L, S:C) confirms that only a low-privilege subscriber account is needed to plant the payload, and a scope change occurs when the script executes in a victim's browser - typically an administrator. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Update WP BASE Booking to a version above 6.3.2 once a patched release is confirmed via the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-base-booking-of-appointments-services-and-events/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-base-booking-plugin-6-3-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability and the official WordPress plugin repository. No specific fixed version number is confirmed in available data - monitor both sources for a patched release. As an immediate compensating control, disable open user registration on the WordPress site to remove the subscriber-level attack surface; note this may prevent legitimate users from self-registering for bookings. Alternatively, deploy a web application firewall rule targeting booking form inputs to block script injection patterns, accepting the trade-off that WAF bypass techniques may still permit exploitation. Restricting the WordPress admin dashboard to trusted IP ranges limits the blast radius if a payload does execute in an admin browser.

Affected VersionsENISA

WP BASE Booking n/a ≤6.3.2

Affected Packages

euvd wp_base_booking no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WP BASE Booking (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:hakan_ozevin:wp_base_booking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a WordPress plugin developed by Hakan Ozevin for scheduling appointments, services, and events. CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) indicates the plugin fails to properly sanitize or HTML-encode subscriber-supplied input before rendering it in the WordPress admin or front-end context. The 'Subscriber XSS' designation points to input fields accessible to the WordPress subscriber role - the platform's lowest authenticated tier - such as booking form fields, profile entries, or appointment notes, whose values are later displayed to higher-privileged users without adequate output encoding.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Subscriber credentials required (PR:L), admin must view injected content (UI:R), and script execution crosses into victim's browser scope (S:C) with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Subscriber Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WP BASE Booking <= 6.3.2 versions.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress booking plugin by individual developer
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 0.2%
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

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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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