VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS - Security Vulnerability (CVE-2024-2441)

AI enriched 186 days ago (2026-04-09 06:54 UTC)

Technical Summary

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 allows direct access to menus, allowing an authenticated user with subscriber privileges or above, to bypass authorization and access settings of the VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8's they shouldn't be allowed to.

Potential Impact

Severity is HIGH (CVSS 8.1). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as High based on severity and technical exposure profile.

Primary risk drivers: severity and technical exposure profile

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.