CVE-2024-7855
Published: 02 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-7855 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The WP Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the update_review() function in all versions up to and including 2.1.2. This issue, tracked as CVE-2024-7855 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 and mapped to CWE-434, affects the plugin's comment and review handling logic on the server side.
Authenticated attackers holding subscriber-level privileges or above can exploit the flaw over the network to upload arbitrary files, which may lead to remote code execution on the host. The EPSS score currently stands at 0.6290 with an identical peak value, reflecting a moderate probability of exploitation.
References to the plugin source and a subsequent changeset indicate that the maintainers have addressed the missing validation in an updated release.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48706
Vulnerability details
The WP Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the update_review() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level…
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access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- 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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.