WordPress BookIt Plugin <= 2.3.7 is vulnerable to a high priority Broken Authentication
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CVSS 9.8This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
Note by Patchstack
Due to how this vulnerability exists, the only effective way to prevent exploitation is to block all booking requests. This may cause false positives on your site, and it is therefore recommended to update to at least version 2.3.8 as soon as possible.
9.8
Broken Authentication
This can be abused by a malicious actor to perform action which normally should only be able to be executed by higher privileged users. These actions might allow the malicious actor to gain admin access to the website.
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Solutions
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
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