VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Broken Access Control

published 2024-05-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-27694

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 1.6.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-14)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0640d3a-80b3-4cad-a3cf-fb5d86558e91/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS
vikbooking hotel_booking_engine

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/c0640d3a-80b3-4cad-a3cf-fb5d86558e91/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-2749
NVD CVE-2024-2749

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary