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Improper Access Control

CVE-2024-12370

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The WP Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check when adding rooms in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add rooms with custom prices.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published