CVE-2023-5991: 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

critical Affects hotel-booking-lite (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
hotel-booking-lite (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.8.5
Fixed in
4.8.5
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (88.5th percentile)
Published
2023-12-26
Source
nvd

References

CWE-22
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