CVE-2025-69185
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Hotel Listing WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured security levels to perform unauthorized actions. This affects all WordPress sites using Hotel Listing plugin versions up to and including 1.4.2.
💻 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, delete content, or potentially gain administrative access to the WordPress site.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users could modify hotel listings, change pricing, or alter availability data without proper authentication.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and authentication checks, only authorized users can perform hotel listing management actions.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires understanding of WordPress plugin structure and access control mechanisms.
🛠️ 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 available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin
6. Install latest version from WordPress repository
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Hotel Listing Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate hotel-listing
Implement Web Application Firewall Rules
allAdd WAF rules to block unauthorized access to hotel listing endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate WordPress installation
- Add additional authentication layer and audit all user permissions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Hotel Listing → Version number. 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 and test access controls by attempting unauthorized actions with test accounts.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized POST/PUT requests to hotel listing endpoints
- Multiple failed authorization attempts followed by successful hotel listing modifications
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to /wp-content/plugins/hotel-listing/ endpoints from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("hotel-listing" OR "hotel_listing") AND (status=200 OR status=302) AND user_role!="administrator" AND user_role!="editor"