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CVE-2023-5991: hotel booking lite vulnerability
CVE-2023-5991: critical vulnerability affecting hotel booking lite. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- EPSS
- 87.29%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- hotel booking lite
What is known
The Hotel Booking Lite WordPress plugin before 4.8.5 does not validate file paths provided via user input, as well as does not have proper CSRF and authorisation checks, allowing unauthenticated users to download and delete arbitrary files on the server
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-5991, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting hotel booking lite, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether hotel booking lite is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.