CVE-2025-58710
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges in the Hotel Listing WordPress plugin, potentially gaining administrative access. It affects all WordPress sites running Hotel Listing plugin versions up to and including 1.4.0. Attackers could modify user roles and permissions without proper authorization.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Hotel Listing Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover where attackers gain full administrative control, install backdoors, steal sensitive data, or deface the website.
Likely Case
Attackers gain elevated privileges to modify content, create new admin accounts, or access restricted areas of the WordPress dashboard.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper access controls, monitoring, and least privilege principles are already implemented.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires some level of access to the WordPress site, but privilege escalation mechanisms are typically straightforward once initial access is obtained.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: >1.4.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Hotel Listing plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Hotel Listing Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate hotel-listing
Restrict User Role Changes
allImplement additional access controls to prevent unauthorized role modifications
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor all user role changes
- Deploy web application firewall rules to detect and block privilege escalation attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Hotel Listing version <=1.4.0Check Version:
wp plugin get hotel-listing --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is >1.4.0 in WordPress admin panel and test user role modification functionality📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected user role changes in WordPress logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful privilege escalation
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to user role modification endpoints
- Suspicious admin panel access patterns
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="user_role_changed" OR event="capabilities_modified")