LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-2019-13505: The Appointment Hour Booking plugin 1.1.44 for WordPress allows XSS via the E-mail field, as demonstrated b...

The Appointment Hour Booking plugin 1.1.44 for WordPress allows XSS via the E-mail field, as demonstrated by email_1.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdated
Discuss exposureBack to CVEs
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysismoderate

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

CVE-2019-13505 is a cross-site scripting issue in Appointment Hour Booking plugin 1.1.44 for WordPress. The reported input is the booking E-mail field. If a vulnerable site processes untrusted bookings, malicious content could be stored or displayed in WordPress workflows. Public sources do not provide CVSS, confirmed exploitation, or a named fixed version.

Executive priority

Prioritize review on public-facing WordPress sites that use this booking plugin. The business risk is account compromise or content manipulation through browser-executed script, but urgency is tempered by missing severity scoring and no cited active exploitation.

Technical view

The CVE describes XSS in Appointment Hour Booking 1.1.44 through the E-mail field, identified as email_1. The source bundle does not specify whether the flaw is stored or reflected beyond the reference title indicating stored XSS. No CWE, CVSS vector, patch details, or vendor advisory text is included.

Likely exposure

Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running Appointment Hour Booking plugin version 1.1.44 with booking forms accepting external input. Sites not using this plugin, or not exposing the affected field to untrusted users, are unlikely to be exposed based on the supplied evidence.

Exploitation context

The CVE references a public write-up, but the bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Treat this as publicly disclosed and potentially reproducible, not confirmed exploited in the wild.

Researcher notes

Evidence is sparse. The strongest claims supported are plugin name, version 1.1.44, XSS, and the E-mail/email_1 field. Do not assume affected version ranges, authentication requirements, or fixed releases without checking the referenced plugin and vulnerability database pages.

Mitigation direction

  • Inventory WordPress sites for Appointment Hour Booking plugin version 1.1.44.
  • Check vendor and WordPress plugin guidance for a fixed or safe version.
  • Disable or remove the plugin if no supported fix is available.
  • Restrict access to booking administration pages to trusted users.
  • Review existing booking records for suspicious E-mail field content.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm whether Appointment Hour Booking is installed on each WordPress site.
  • Record installed plugin version and compare against 1.1.44.
  • Identify public forms that submit to the E-mail or email_1 field.
  • Review logs and stored bookings for unexpected script-like content.
  • Verify administrative pages encode booking email values before rendering.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
5

Public sources used

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2019-13505 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Unknown
CVSS
Not scored
Known Exploited
No
Published
Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

0CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
4Source links

CVSS and timeline data

No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
n/an/an/aListed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.