Shiptrack Booking Calendar and Notification Plugin Broken Authentication Vulnerability

A broken authentication vulnerability has been identified in the Shiptrack Booking Calendar and Notification WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 4.0.3. This vulnerability arises from missing authorization, which allows exploitation of improperly configured access control security levels. As a result, malicious actors could perform actions typically reserved for users with higher privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized admin access.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated user to gain admin privileges on the WordPress site.

Remediation

Users of the Shiptrack Booking Calendar and Notification WordPress plugin are advised to update to a version later than 4.0.3. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that can be applied to mitigate this vulnerability.