Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8492Salon Booking System <= 10.22 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated AJAX Actions Execution
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Salon Booking System – Free Version from wordpresschef. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Salon Booking System, Appointment Scheduling for Salons, Spas & Small Businesses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax function in all versions up to, and including, 10.22. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute AJAX actions, including limited file uploads.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordpresschef | Salon Booking System – Free Version | 0 – through 10.22 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a63a4ec-80e6-48cc-a778-97fa3917817e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/salon-booking-system/tags/10.20/src/SLN/Plugin.php#L232
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3360651/salon-booking-system/trunk/src/SLN/Action/Ajax/UploadFile.php