CVE-2025-7689
📋 TL;DR
The Hydra Booking WordPress plugin has a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to reset Administrator passwords, gaining full administrative control. This affects WordPress sites using vulnerable plugin versions. Attackers can compromise the entire site through this flaw.
💻 Affected Systems
- Hydra Booking 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
Complete site takeover where attackers gain Administrator access, install backdoors, steal data, deface the site, or use it for further attacks.
Likely Case
Attackers with basic user accounts escalate to Administrator and compromise the WordPress installation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong access controls, monitoring, and network segmentation are in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is straightforward once an attacker has any valid user account.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.19
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334439/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Hydra Booking plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.1.19+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate Hydra Booking plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate hydra-booking
Restrict user registration
allDisable new user registration to prevent attacker account creation
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove plugin entirely if not essential
- Implement strict user access controls and monitoring
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Hydra Booking versionCheck Version:
wp plugin get hydra-booking --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.1.19 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual password reset attempts for admin users
- User privilege escalation events
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin login
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with tfhb_reset_password_callback action
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("tfhb_reset_password_callback" OR "password reset" AND user_role="administrator")