WordPress Booking Package Plugin <= 1.5.98 is vulnerable to a high priority Privilege Escalation
Get the fastest vulnerability mitigation with Patchstack!
Get startedRisks
CVSS 8.8This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited. Vulnerabilities like this one are used in mass-exploit campaigns. Attackers use these to attack thousands of websites at a time, regardless of traffic size or popularity. Learn more.
As immediate action, update the affected plugin. If you're unable to do so, ask your hosting provider or web developer for help.
User Interaction Required
While this vulnerability can be initiated by the role shown in "Required Privilege", successful exploitation requires a privileged user to perform an action — such as clicking a malicious link, visiting a crafted page, or submitting a form.
8.8
Privilege Escalation
This could allow a malicious actor to escalate their low privileged account to something with higher privileges. After this they could take full control of the website if high privileges are gained.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
Solutions
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Automatically mitigate vulnerabilities and keep your websites safe.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until you have updated to a patched version.
Get the fastest vulnerability mitigation with Patchstack!
Get startedUpdate to version 1.5.99 or later.
Update to version 1.5.99 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
Details
Timeline
4 Jul, 2023