Vulnerability in Wp Hotel Booking

CVE-2025-8942

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 lacks proper server-side validation for review ratings, allowing an attacker to manipulate the rating value (e.g., sending negative or out-of-range values) by intercepting and modifying requests.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-8942: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Wp Hotel Booking — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8942?
CVE-2025-8942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wp Hotel Booking, classified under CWE-284 IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-8942?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8942 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.