WP Hotel Booking: A security weakness
WP Hotel Booking is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WP Hotel Booking
- Plugin slug
wp-hotel-booking- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 22, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 22, 2025 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 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the hotel_booking_load_order_user AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve a list of registered user emails.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N