CVE-2024-2441
Published: 14 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2441 is a high-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Vikwp Vikbooking Hotel Booking Engine \& Pms. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27391
Vulnerability details
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…
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plugin before 1.6.8's they shouldn't be allowed to.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.
Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.
The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.
Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.
Explicitly mandates authorizing remote access types before permitting connections, directly mitigating improper authorization.
The control explicitly requires authorization of each wireless access type prior to permitting connections.
Mandating explicit authorization of mobile device connections reduces the risk of improper authorization decisions for system access.
Specifying access authorizations for each account and requiring approvals for account requests enforces proper authorization decisions.