CVE-2023-4691: bookly vulnerability

CVE-2023-4691: high vulnerability affecting bookly. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2023-4691CVSS 7.2CMS

CVE-2023-4691: bookly vulnerability

CVE-2023-4691: high vulnerability affecting bookly. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH
EPSS
50.03%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
bookly

What is known

The WordPress Online Booking and Scheduling Plugin WordPress plugin before 22.4 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-4691, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) affecting bookly, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether bookly is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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