Salon Booking SystemWordPress extension · Salonbookingsystem
CVE-2023-48319
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 · uneditedImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in Salon Booking System Salon booking system allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Salon booking system: from n/a through 8.6.
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 confidenceThis is an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the Salon Booking System WordPress plugin that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their assigned role should permit. The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation of user permissions during certain operations, enabling vertical privilege escalation.
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
< 8.7CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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 Salon Booking System plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check /wp-content/plugins/salon-booking-system/ directory for the plugin filesAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, view the Salon Booking System plugin details to see the version number, or read the main plugin PHP file header for 'Version:' fieldAffected if The installed version is 8.6 or lower (any version below 8.7)
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Identify authenticated user accountsNavigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin panel to list all registered accountsAffected if There are user accounts beyond the administrator role that could potentially exploit the privilege escalation
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Review user roles and capabilitiesCheck each user account's assigned role in the Users panel, looking for any discrepancies between assigned role and actual capabilitiesAffected if Non-admin users have access to administrative features or capabilities that exceed their assigned role permissions
A WordPress site is affected if the Salon Booking System plugin version is 8.6 or lower and there are authenticated users present in the system who could potentially exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability.
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 · scoped8.7
Update the Salon Booking System plugin to the latest version beyond 8.6 which should contain the fix for this privilege escalation issue. Review and audit user role assignments in the meantime.
Salon Booking System 8.7
- 1. Backup your entire Salon Booking System installation and database before proceeding
- 2. Download Salon Booking System version 8.7 from the official source (wordpress.org plugin repository or the vendor's website)
- 3. Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- 4. Upload and install the version 8.7 package, replacing the existing installation
- 5. Deactivate and reactivate the plugin if required by the installation process
- 6. Verify the plugin version shows 8.7 in WordPress admin > Plugins
- 7. Test critical booking workflows (creating appointments, processing payments, staff management) to confirm normal operation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Salon Booking System
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 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-2023-48319 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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