CVE-2023-5991 json
Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download & Deletion
published 2023-12-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58258
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.3%
- EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
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
Patch / fix
- Unknown Hotel Booking Lite 4.8.5
Exploit prediction
3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion nuclei detection template
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown Hotel Booking Lite
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-5991
- NVD CVE-2023-5991
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