CVE-2024-2749: VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Broken Access Control

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8's access control mechanism fails to properly restrict access to its settings, permitting any users that can access a menu to manipulate requests and perform unauthorized actions such as editing, renaming or deleting (categories for example) despite initial settings prohibiting such access. This vulnerability resembles broken access control, enabling unauthorized users to modify critical VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 configurations.

Affected products

e4jvikwp VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS: before 1.6.8 — fixed in 1.6.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: e4jvikwp VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 1.6.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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