CVE-2024-9458: Reservit Hotel (WordPress plugin) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Affects Reservit Hotel (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 59% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
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
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by WPScan
, 155 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
First Exploit-DB entry (opens in a new tab)
Reservit Hotel 2.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
, 30 days after disclosure
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
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Reservit Hotel | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2024-9458, European organizations should immediately upgrade the Reservit Hotel plugin to version 3.0 or later once available, as this will include proper sanitization and escaping of settings inputs. Until a patch is released, organizations should restrict administrator access to trusted personnel only and enforce strong authentication mechanisms such as multi-factor authentication to reduce the risk of credential compromise. Regularly audit admin accounts and plugin settings for suspicious changes. Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit the impact of potential XSS payloads by restricting script execution sources. Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block malicious input patterns targeting the plugin. For multisite WordPress environments, review and tighten user role permissions and consider disabling or limiting plugin usage on sites where it is not essential. Conduct security awareness training for administrators to recognize and avoid executing suspicious scripts or links. Finally, monitor logs and website behavior for signs of XSS exploitation attempts.
Description
The Reservit Hotel WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).