CVE-2022-1528: The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.5.9 does not escape the current URL before putting it back in a JavaScript context, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium Affects vik-booking (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.5.9 does not escape the current URL before putting it back in a JavaScript context, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Package
vik-booking (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.5.9
Fixed in
1.5.9
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.5th percentile)
Published
2022-05-30
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordvik-booking (WordPress plugin) advisories

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