CVE-2023-5991: Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download & Deletion

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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

Affected products

jetmonsters Hotel Booking Lite: before 4.8.5 — fixed in 4.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jetmonsters Hotel Booking Lite 4.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e

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