What is CVE-2023-1159?

CVE-2023-1159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Booking-Wp-Plugin Bookly, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2023-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-1159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1159 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Booking-Wp-Plugin Bookly

CVE-2023-1159

The Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via service titles in versions up to, and including, 21.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Booking-wp-plugin Bookly
Ladela Wordpress Online Booking And Scheduling Plugin – Bookly — versions 21.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1159?: CVE-2023-1159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Booking-Wp-Plugin Bookly, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2023-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-1159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1159 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.