{"description":"Trending threats, MITRE ATT\u0026CK coverage, and detection metadata. Fed continuously.","feed_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/products/amelia-booking-plugin/feed.json","home_page_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/","items":[{"_cs_actors":[],"_cs_cpes":[],"_cs_cves":[],"_cs_exploited":false,"_cs_has_poc":false,"_cs_poc_references":[],"_cs_products":["Amelia Booking plugin"],"_cs_severities":["high"],"_cs_tags":["wordpress","plugin","idor","privilege-escalation","CVE-2026-2931"],"_cs_type":"advisory","_cs_vendors":["Amelia Booking"],"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe Amelia Booking plugin, a popular WordPress plugin for scheduling and managing appointments, contains a critical vulnerability related to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR). Specifically, versions 9.1.2 and earlier of the plugin are susceptible to this flaw. This vulnerability allows attackers with authenticated customer-level privileges or higher to bypass authorization checks and directly access sensitive user data, potentially leading to account takeover. The vulnerability resides within the pro version of the Amelia Booking plugin, which shares the same slug as the standard version, increasing the attack surface. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized password resets, data breaches, and complete compromise of the WordPress installation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"attack-chain\"\u003eAttack Chain\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn attacker gains customer-level or higher access to a WordPress installation using the Amelia Booking plugin (version 9.1.2 or earlier).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe attacker identifies the vulnerable endpoint within the Amelia Booking plugin responsible for user profile management, specifically password reset functionality.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe attacker crafts a malicious HTTP request targeting the vulnerable endpoint, manipulating user IDs to target other users, including administrators.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDue to the IDOR vulnerability, the plugin fails to properly validate the attacker's authorization to modify the target user's data.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe attacker successfully triggers a password reset for the targeted user account by leveraging the manipulated request.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe attacker uses the password reset mechanism to set a new password for the target user.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe attacker logs into the targeted user's account using the newly set password.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf the compromised account is an administrator account, the attacker gains full control over the WordPress installation.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"impact\"\u003eImpact\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuccessful exploitation of this IDOR vulnerability in the Amelia Booking plugin could result in complete compromise of a WordPress website. An attacker with customer-level access could escalate privileges to an administrator account, leading to data breaches, defacement of the website, or installation of malicious plugins. The impact is high because any authenticated user can potentially escalate privileges. This issue affects all organizations using vulnerable versions of the Amelia Booking plugin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"recommendation\"\u003eRecommendation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImmediately update the Amelia Booking plugin to the latest version, which contains a patch for CVE-2026-2931.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonitor web server logs (category \u003ccode\u003ewebserver\u003c/code\u003e, product \u003ccode\u003elinux\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003ewindows\u003c/code\u003e) for suspicious POST requests to the Amelia Booking plugin's endpoints related to user management and password resets.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement rate limiting on password reset functionality to mitigate brute-force attacks and unauthorized password changes.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeploy the Sigma rule to your SIEM (below) to detect attempts to exploit this IDOR vulnerability by monitoring for unauthorized modifications to user passwords via HTTP requests.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","date_modified":"2024-01-29T10:00:00Z","date_published":"2024-01-29T10:00:00Z","id":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2024-01-29-amelia-wordpress-idor/","summary":"The Amelia Booking plugin for WordPress versions 9.1.2 and earlier is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR), allowing authenticated attackers with customer-level permissions or higher to change user passwords and potentially compromise administrator accounts.","title":"Amelia Booking WordPress Plugin Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability","url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2024-01-29-amelia-wordpress-idor/"}],"language":"en","title":"CraftedSignal Threat Feed - Amelia Booking Plugin","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}