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CVE-2024-7855: WP Hotel Booking <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The WP Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the update_review() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• thimpress WP Hotel Booking: before 2.1.3 — fixed in 2.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thimpress WP Hotel Booking 2.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hotel-booking/trunk/includes/class-wphb-comments.php#L150
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3157905%40wp-hotel-booking&new=3157905%40wp-hotel-booking&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/784593ec-b635-4f59-9afb-ab506f786d21?source=cve

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