Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-68005

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in themewant Easy Hotel Booking easy-hotel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Hotel Booking: from n/a through <= 1.9.2.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The themewant Easy Hotel Booking WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.9.2) contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This authorization bypass likely permits unauthorized users to access administrative functions or sensitive hotel booking data without proper authentication or permission checks.

MitigationUpdate the Easy Hotel Booking plugin to the latest version once a patch is released. If no patch is available, audit all plugin endpoints for proper capability checks and nonce verification, and restrict access to administrative functions via server-side configuration.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Easy Hotel Booking plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'easy-hotel-booking' or similar themewant hotel booking plugin.
    Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, view the plugin details to see the version number, or open the plugin's main PHP file (usually easy-hotel-booking.php) and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.
    Affected if The version number is 1.9.2 or lower
  3. Audit plugin files for missing capability checks
    Inspect PHP files in the plugin directory, searching for WordPress AJAX handlers (admin-ajax.php hooks) and other action handlers. Look for the presence or absence of current_user_can() or similar authorization checks before executing sensitive operations.
    Affected if AJAX or action handlers exist without current_user_can() verification before processing requests
  4. Test for unauthenticated access to plugin endpoints
    Using a tool like curl or Burp Suite, send requests to common WordPress admin-ajax.php endpoints with the plugin's action parameters while not logged in (no authentication cookies). Observe if the server returns successful responses rather than authentication errors.
    Affected if The plugin responds successfully to unauthenticated requests that should require administrative privileges

A user is affected if the Easy Hotel Booking plugin (version 1.9.2 or lower) is installed and contains endpoints accessible without authentication or proper capability checks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the Easy Hotel Booking plugin to the latest version once a patch is released. If no patch is available, audit all plugin endpoints for proper capability checks and nonce verification, and restrict access to administrative functions via server-side configuration.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA2.0 h
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