CVE-2024-42553: Hotel Management System · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2024-42553, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Immediately audit and restrict administrative access to the Hotel Management System to trusted personnel only. 2) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block suspicious CSRF attack patterns targeting admin_room_added.php. 3) Implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to reduce the risk of malicious cross-site requests. 4) Use anti-CSRF tokens in all state-changing requests within the application, especially in admin_room_added.php, to ensure requests are legitimate. 5) Educate staff and administrators about phishing and social engineering risks to reduce the likelihood of user interaction exploitation. 6) Monitor logs for unusual administrative actions or repeated failed attempts to detect potential exploitation attempts. 7) Engage with the software vendor or community to obtain or develop patches addressing this vulnerability. 8) Consider isolating the Hotel Management System network segment to limit exposure. These targeted steps go beyond generic advice and focus on the specific nature of the CSRF vulnerability and its exploitation vector.
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the component admin_room_added.php of Hotel Management System commit 91caab8 allows attackers to escalate privileges.