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Motopress Hotel Booking - Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-15238)

CVE-2026-15238

The MotoPress Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 6.2.3 does not verify record ownership before updating customer records, allowing any authenticated user with a low-privileged account (Subscriber and above) to modify or overwrite the personal data of any customer by supplying an arbitrary identifier.

CVE-2026-15238

MEDIUM CVSS 5.4 Published 2026-08-10 Updated 2026-08-26
AI Risk Moderate (47/100) Active Exploit: No strong signal Published Exploit: No public exploit references Priority: P4 Planned
Severity Band MEDIUM
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Components 1
Reference Links 1
AI Risk Engine Moderate (47/100)
Exploitability Low
Active Exploitation No strong signal
Published Exploit Status No public exploit references

Threat Timeline

  1. 2026-08-10 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
  2. 2026-08-26 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
  3. 2026-08-12 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
  4. Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 24 days ago

AI enriched 24 days ago (2026-08-12 19:56 UTC)

Technical Summary

The MotoPress Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 6.2.3 does not verify record ownership before updating customer records, allowing any authenticated user with a low-privileged account (Subscriber and above) to modify or overwrite the personal data of any customer by supplying an arbitrary identifier.

Potential Impact

Severity is MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as Low 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

AI risk score 47/100 (Moderate, Low) with priority P4 Planned. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

References

What to do about this

Patch on your next cycle Worth fixing, but not ahead of other work.

Fix it

Update Motopress Hotel Booking to 6.2.3 or later.

That is the complete fix. Everything below is what protects you in the meantime.

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Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs Motopress Hotel Booking. Versions below 6.2.3 are vulnerable; that release and later are not. An attacker needs any registered account, so open registration materially increases the risk.

How do I fix it?

Update Motopress Hotel Booking to version 6.2.3 or later. That is the complete fix.