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CVE-2016-20084 Detail

Description

WordPress appointment-booking-calendar 1.1.24 contains multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to modify calendar settings and inject persistent cross-site scripting payloads through the admin.php page parameters. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript into the 'ict' and 'ics' options or the calendar 'name' parameter via GET requests to execute arbitrary scripts when the calendar is displayed or accessed in the administration interface.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 5.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://wordpress.dwbooster.com/calendars/booking-calendar-contact-form VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39341 VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-appointment-booking-calendar-privilege-escalation-xss VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-20084
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
VulnCheck