Bypass Authorization Vulnerability in VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress Plugin
CVE-2024-2441

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress

Vendor
CVE Published:
14 May 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-2441?

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin prior to version 1.6.8 has a significant security flaw that permits authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to bypass authorization controls. This vulnerability allows these users to access sensitive settings and configurations of the plugin that should be restricted, potentially leading to unauthorized changes and compromised security for installations that rely on the plugin.

Affected Version(s)

VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 0 < 1.6.8

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.

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

WPScan
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