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.

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Unknown Wp Hotel Booking — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

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.