Medium severity · published Nov 20, 2023
CVE-2023-5799
WP Hotel Booking < 2.0.9 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Deletion
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WH
WP Hotel Booking ·
before 2.0.8 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5799
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5799
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3061f85e-a70e-49e5-bccf-ae9240f51178
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