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Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-68027

HIGH · 7.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-22
Mitigation only
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82/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges 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
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Themefic Hydra Booking hydra-booking allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Hydra Booking: from n/a through <= 1.1.32.

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 Hydra Booking WordPress plugin versions up to 1.1.32 contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their assigned role should permit, potentially gaining administrative access.

MitigationUpdate Hydra Booking to the latest patched version; if no patch is available, review and restrict role-based capability checks within the plugin's user management functions.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

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. Locate Hydra Booking plugin installation
    Access the WordPress wp-content/plugins directory or use WP-CLI: wp plugin list --name=hydra-booking
    Affected if The plugin directory 'hydra-booking' exists on the server
  2. Determine installed plugin version
    Check the plugin's main PHP file header for 'Version:' field, or use WP-CLI: wp plugin get hydra-booking --field=version
    Affected if The version displayed is 1.1.32 or lower
  3. Identify if user role management is configured
    Review the plugin settings in WordPress admin under the Hydra Booking menu, specifically any user role, capability, or permission management options
    Affected if Role-based capability settings are present and configurable within the plugin
  4. Verify active user accounts with plugin roles
    Check WordPress users list and inspect if any users are assigned roles or capabilities originating from Hydra Booking plugin
    Affected if Users exist with roles or capabilities assigned through Hydra Booking functionality

Your environment is affected if Hydra Booking plugin version 1.1.32 or lower is installed and its user role or capability management features are in use.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update Hydra Booking to the latest patched version; if no patch is available, review and restrict role-based capability checks within the plugin's user management functions.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Latest stable version of Themefic Hydra Booking plugin (version > 1.1.32)

  1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Locate the Themefic Hydra Booking (hydra-booking) plugin
  4. Check the current version is 1.1.32 or below
  5. Update the plugin to the latest available version (latest stable release above 1.1.32)
  6. Verify the update completed successfully
  7. Test that the plugin functionality works as expected

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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