Salon Booking SystemWordPress extension · Salonbookingsystem
CVE-2022-43487
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting vulnerability in Salon booking system versions prior to 7.9 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Salon booking system affecting all versions prior to 7.9. A remote unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code through unsanitized user input fields, potentially hijacking sessions, stealing credentials, or performing actions on behalf of authenticated users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Salon Booking SystemWordPress extension
< 7.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Salon Booking System plugin versionAccess your WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and locate the Salon Booking System entry to view the currently installed version numberAffected if The displayed version number is lower than 7.9 (for example, 7.8, 7.7, etc.)
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Verify the plugin is active and accessibleConfirm the Salon Booking System plugin is activated on your WordPress site and that booking functionality is publicly accessibleAffected if The plugin is active and its booking forms or user input pages are reachable without authentication
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Identify exposed user input fieldsInspect the booking forms on your public website (such as contact fields, name fields, service selection, or appointment request inputs) to determine which input parameters accept user dataAffected if Any booking-related input fields are present and accessible to unauthenticated users
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Test for input sanitization (optional validation)Temporarily submit test input containing harmless HTML or script tags (such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) into the public booking form fields and observe if the tags are rendered or executed when the page reloadsAffected if The submitted HTML or script content is reflected back in the page output without being escaped or removed, indicating a potential XSS vulnerability
Your environment is affected if the Salon Booking System plugin version is below 7.9 and public booking forms with user input fields are accessible on your site.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped7.9
Upgrade the Salon booking system to version 7.9 or later which contains the security patch. Until upgraded, implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to filter malicious script payloads and validate/sanitize all user inputs on the server side.
Salon Booking System version 7.9
- In the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Salon Booking System' in the plugin list
- If the plugin shows an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to version 7.9 or higher
- Alternatively, manually upload the latest version of the plugin from wordpress.org
- After upgrading, verify the plugin version is 7.9 or later in the plugins list
- Test the booking functionality to ensure the upgrade did not break existing features
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-43487 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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