CVE-2026-7493 (GCVE-0-2026-7493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 01:26 – Updated: 2026-05-27 10:42
VLAI
Title
Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin <= 1.6.11.5 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service
Summary
The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to denial of service in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.11.5. This is due to a publicly accessible REST API endpoint (/wp-json/ssa/v1/async) that calls PHP's sleep() function on a user-supplied delay parameter without any rate limiting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to exhaust PHP worker processes, denying access to the site to legitimate users.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
lucky_buddy
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