CVE-2025-26910
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Iqonic Design's WPBookit WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects WordPress sites using WPBookit plugin versions up to 1.0.1. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into executing malicious actions that inject persistent scripts.
💻 Affected Systems
- WPBookit WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Wpbookit by Iqonic
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could inject malicious JavaScript that steals administrator credentials, defaces websites, redirects visitors to malicious sites, or installs backdoors when administrators view compromised pages.
Likely Case
Attackers create fake booking forms or modify existing ones to inject malicious scripts that execute in visitors' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies or performing unauthorized actions.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and input validation, the vulnerability would be prevented, limiting attackers to only exploiting other unrelated vulnerabilities.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick an authenticated administrator into clicking a malicious link while logged into WordPress admin panel.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.0.1
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find WPBookit plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install latest version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Manually
WordPressAdd nonce verification to WPBookit plugin forms to prevent CSRF attacks
Requires modifying plugin PHP files to add wp_nonce_field() and wp_verify_nonce() calls
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable WPBookit plugin completely until patched
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block suspicious POST requests to WPBookit endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for WPBookit version. If version is 1.0.1 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=wpbookit --field=version (if WP-CLI installed) or check WordPress admin panelVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify WPBookit version is greater than 1.0.1 in WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WPBookit admin endpoints without referrer headers
- Multiple failed nonce verification attempts in WordPress debug logs
Network Indicators:
- Suspicious outbound connections from WordPress site to unknown domains after administrator visits booking pages
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("wpbookit" OR "booking") AND ("POST" OR "nonce_failure")