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GHSA-97H9-7QMM-FVJW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-09 09:31 – Updated: 2026-01-09 09:31

Details

The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.38. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark payments as refunded, trigger sending of queued notifications (emails/SMS/WhatsApp), and access debug information among other things.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-01-09T09:31:18Z",
  "published": "2026-01-09T09:31:18Z",
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CVE-2025-14720 (GCVE-0-2025-14720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 06:34 – Updated: 2026-01-09 19:10

Title

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia <= 1.2.38 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Multiple AJAX Actions

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3429…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ameliabooking	Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia	Affected: * , ≤ 1.2.38 (semver)

Credits

M Indra Purnama

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-97H9-7QMM-FVJW

CVE-2025-14720 (GCVE-0-2025-14720)

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