CVE-2023-24402: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WP Booking System – Booking Calendar WordPress plugin versions 2.0.18 and below. The vulnerability was identified on January 29, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-24402. This security flaw affects authenticated users with administrator privileges (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) according to NVD, and 5.9 (MEDIUM) according to Patchstack. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction to exploit (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrator privileges to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability was patched in version 2.0.18.1 of the WP Booking System – Booking Calendar plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).