CVE-2025-68059
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Hotel Listing WordPress plugin that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.4.2, potentially allowing unauthorized users to access restricted functionality or data.
💻 Affected Systems
- Hotel Listing WordPress 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
Attackers could modify hotel listings, access sensitive booking data, or compromise the entire WordPress site through privilege escalation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users could view or modify hotel listings they shouldn't have access to, potentially altering pricing, availability, or other critical business data.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and authentication checks, the vulnerability would be prevented even if the plugin code is vulnerable.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires understanding of the plugin's functionality and endpoints, but the vulnerability is in access control logic which is typically straightforward to exploit.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: >1.4.2
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 is available
5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate old version, upload new version, activate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the Hotel Listing plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate hotel-listing
Restrict Access
linuxUse web application firewall or .htaccess to restrict access to plugin endpoints
# Add to .htaccess:
<FilesMatch "hotel-listing\.php">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict role-based access controls at the WordPress level
- Monitor and audit all access to hotel listing functionality
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Hotel Listing version. If version is 1.4.2 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get hotel-listing --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify version is >1.4.2. Test access controls by attempting unauthorized actions with test accounts.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to hotel listing endpoints
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful hotel listing modifications
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-content/plugins/hotel-listing/ endpoints from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("hotel-listing" OR "hotel_listing") AND ("unauthorized" OR "permission denied" OR "access denied")