CVE-2025-5282: WP Travel Engine <= 6.5.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: none known
Published: 2025-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the delete_package() function in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Affected products

WP Travel Engine: before 6.5.2 — fixed in 6.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Travel Engine 6.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3305447/wp-travel-engine/tags/6.5.2/includes/classes/Core/Controllers/RestAPI/V2/Trip.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ebc8d724-3936-42d8-8850-bc330c5221dc?source=cve

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