CVE-2024-4468 – The Salon booking system WordPress plugin has a... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2024-4468?

CVE-2024-4468 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). The Salon booking system WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to modify plugin settings and view other users' discount codes. This affects all versions up to and including 9.9. The vulnerability exists due to missing capability checks on admin_init hooks.

📋 TL;DR

The Salon booking system WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to modify plugin settings and view other users' discount codes. This affects all versions up to and including 9.9. The vulnerability exists due to missing capability checks on admin_init hooks.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

Salon booking system WordPress plugin

Versions: All versions up to and including 9.9

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Requires WordPress installation with the vulnerable plugin and at least one authenticated user with subscriber role or higher.

📦 What is this software?

Salon Booking System by Salonbookingsystem

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could modify booking system settings, steal discount codes intended for other customers, potentially leading to financial loss and data privacy violations.

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Likely Case

Subscriber-level users accessing discount codes they shouldn't see, potentially using them for unauthorized discounts.

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If Mitigated

Minimal impact with proper user role management and network segmentation.

🌐 Internet-Facing: MEDIUM

🏢 Internal Only: LOW

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No

Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires authenticated access but is straightforward once authenticated.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Version after 9.9

Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/salon-booking-system

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins. 3. Find Salon booking system plugin. 4. Click Update Now or manually upload patched version. 5. Verify plugin version is above 9.9.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Temporary role restriction

all

Temporarily restrict subscriber and higher roles from accessing admin areas until patch is applied.

Use WordPress role management plugins or custom code to restrict capabilities

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Implement strict user role management and review all user permissions
Monitor admin_init hooks and user activity logs for unauthorized access attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Salon booking system > Version number. If version is 9.9 or lower, system is vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin list --name='salon-booking-system' --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is above 9.9 and test that subscriber-level users cannot access admin discount functions.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Unauthorized access attempts to admin discount functions
User role escalation attempts
Multiple failed admin area access from subscriber accounts

Network Indicators:

Unusual admin area requests from non-admin user accounts

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress" AND (event="admin_init" OR event="discount_export") AND user_role="subscriber"

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2024-4468

CVSS v3 Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE: CWE-862

Published: June 8, 2024

Last Updated: November 21, 2024

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