What is CVE-2023-5652?

CVE-2023-5652 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-5652?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5652 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking

CVE-2023-5652

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks, as well as does not escape user input before using it in a SQL statement of a function hooked to admin_init, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injections

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.637 (99.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.637 · newest: 0.637 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking
Wp Hotel Booking — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8ea46b9a-5239-476b-949d-49546371eac1 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5652?: CVE-2023-5652 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-5652?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5652 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.