CVE-2024-4413CWE-502

Hotel Booking Lite <= 4.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

Critical · published May 10, 2024

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A sneaky PHP Object Injection vulnerability lurks in every version of the Hotel Booking Lite plugin up to 4.11.1, ready for unauthenticated attackers to take advantage! 🔥 Think of this vulnerability as a hotel receptionist who hands out the room keys without checking IDs — anyone can wander in and claim a room, potentially leading to chaos! 📦 If exploited, an attacker could inject malicious PHP code, leading to devastating consequences like deleting files, leaking sensitive data, or executing arbitrary commands. The risks are sky-high, and your entire website could be compromised!

Put simply

Think of this vulnerability as a hotel receptionist who hands out the room keys without checking IDs — anyone can wander in and claim a room, potentially leading to chaos! 📦 This vulnerability arises from the deserialization of untrusted input, allowing attackers to manipulate PHP objects. Without proper checks, an unauthenticated user can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access.

What to do

If exploited, an attacker could inject malicious PHP code, leading to devastating consequences like deleting files, leaking sensitive data, or executing arbitrary commands. The risks are sky-high, and your entire website could be compromised! To shore up your defenses, patch the plugin to the latest version immediately. Ensure you're using secure coding practices, including input validation and sanitization, to protect against similar vulnerabilities in the future. You've got this! Follow these steps, and you'll be on the path to security hero status in no time! 🦸

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00852 · 57.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2024-05-10T21:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 MAY 21:32Z
    Hotel Booking Lite <= 4.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
    cvelistv5