Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine for WordPress
CVE-2024-13616

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Vikbooking Hotel Booking Engine & Pms
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-13616?

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS plugin for WordPress before version 1.7.2 contains a vulnerability that fails to adequately sanitize and escape certain settings. This oversight can enable high-privilege users, such as administrators, to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Such attacks pose a significant risk, even in environments where the unfiltered_html capability is restricted, such as multisite configurations. Administrators are advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 0 < 1.7.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-13616 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44b3a2d9-a2e1-43dd-b27a-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krugov Artyom
WPScan
.