Path Traversal in Motopress Hotel Booking Lite
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 to download and delete arbitrary files on the server
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Motopress Hotel Booking Lite
- Hotel Booking Lite — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-5991?
- CVE-2023-5991 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Motopress Hotel Booking Lite, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-26.
- How severe is CVE-2023-5991?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-5991 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.