WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2023-5799 Modified

WP Hotel Booking: A security weakness

WP Hotel Booking is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WP Hotel Booking
Plugin slug
wp-hotel-booking
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 20, 2023
Weakness
CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

This CVE was published Nov 20, 2023 and is one of 23 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WP Hotel Booking to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not have proper authorisation when deleting a package, allowing Contributor and above roles to delete posts that do no belong to them

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Primary and upstream sources