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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-51582 affects the ThimPress WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin. A logged-in, low-privileged attacker may be able to abuse path traversal to include local PHP files. For hotel or booking sites, this could threaten data confidentiality, site integrity, and availability. Public sources do not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority WordPress plugin issue for any booking-related website using WP Hotel Booking. Prioritize internet-facing sites with customer or staff logins. If the plugin is not present, no action is needed beyond documentation. If present and affected, remediate promptly or disable pending vendor guidance.
Technical view
The CVE describes a CWE-35 path traversal issue in wp-hotel-booking allowing PHP Local File Inclusion. The stated affected range is WP Hotel Booking through version 2.2.9. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5: network-accessible, high complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running ThimPress WP Hotel Booking at affected versions, especially up to 2.2.9. The attacker requires some authenticated low-privilege access according to the CVSS vector, reducing broad unauthenticated risk but still relevant for membership, customer, or staff-accessible sites.
Exploitation context
The source bundle identifies Local File Inclusion via path traversal but does not provide exploit details. CISA KEV status is false in the provided data, and no cited source confirms active exploitation. High complexity suggests exploitation is not trivial, but successful abuse could materially affect the WordPress site.
Researcher notes
The provided affected metadata is inconsistent: the narrative says through 2.2.9, while the Patchstack URL slug references 2.1.4, and the affected array is sparse. Use the CVE description as the primary affected-range statement, but verify against vendor and Patchstack before closing exposure decisions.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the WP Hotel Booking plugin.
- Check installed plugin versions against the affected range through 2.2.9.
- Review ThimPress and Patchstack guidance for fixed versions or workarounds.
- Update the plugin if a vendor-supported fixed release is available.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is not business-critical.
- Limit unnecessary low-privileged WordPress accounts until remediation is complete.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether wp-hotel-booking is installed on each WordPress instance.
- Record the installed plugin version and compare it to CVE guidance.
- Verify remediation by confirming the plugin is updated, disabled, or removed.
- Review application logs for suspicious path traversal indicators.
- Recheck vendor or Patchstack pages for updated affected-version and fix information.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.65.9PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-hotel-booking/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-hotel-booking-plugin-2-1-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cveCVE reference, Patchstack · vdb-entry
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CWE details
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Path Traversal: '.../...//'
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