Reservation.studioWordPress extension · Pvmg
CVE-2023-25468
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 Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Reservation.Studio Reservation.Studio widget plugin <= 1.0.11 versions.
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 Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Reservation.Studio WordPress widget plugin versions 1.0.11 and below. The vulnerability allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by crafting malicious requests, likely due to missing or inadequate anti-CSRF token validation on sensitive operations.
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
Reservation.studioWordPress extension
<= 1.0.11CVSS 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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Verify Reservation.Studio plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Reservation.studio' or check the plugin files in wp-content/plugins/ for a reservation-studio folderAffected if Plugin is installed and version is 1.0.11 or below
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Determine installed plugin versionCheck the plugin header in reservation-studio/reservation-studio.php for the Version field, or look at the plugin details page in WordPress adminAffected if Version number displayed is 1.0.11 or lower
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Identify state-changing operations in plugin codeExamine the main plugin PHP file for form submissions, AJAX handlers (wp_ajax_* hooks), and admin action hooks (add_action with 'admin_post_' prefix) that modify dataAffected if Plugin contains forms or actions that change data without clear indication of nonce verification
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Inspect nonce validation in sensitive handlersSearch the plugin code for presence of 'wp_verify_nonce', 'check_admin_referer', or 'check_ajax_referer' calls within the identified state-changing handlersAffected if No nonce verification functions are found in the code handling state-changing operations
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Verify Origin or Referer header validationSearch the plugin code for server-side validation of $_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] before processing sensitive requestsAffected if No Origin or Referer header validation is performed before processing requests
A user is affected if the Reservation.Studio plugin version 1.0.11 or below is installed AND the plugin lacks nonce validation on its state-changing operations.
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.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources.
Fix this in Reservation.studio
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 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-2023-25468 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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