CVE-2025-10124VulnerabilityPublished 10 Oct 2025Updated 13 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-10124: Booking Manager (WordPress plugin) · Incorrect Authorization

Affects Booking Manager (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.5 Medium · fixed in 2.1.15 : update Booking Manager (WordPress plugin) when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 2.1.15

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Oct 2025
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 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Booking Manager	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately update the Booking Manager plugin to version 2.1.15 or later where the vulnerability is patched. 2. Review and restrict user roles, especially contributor privileges, to only trusted personnel. 3. Audit WordPress pages and posts for the presence of the vulnerable shortcode and remove or restrict access to pages containing it. 4. Implement strict access controls and monitoring on WordPress admin accounts to detect unauthorized shortcode usage. 5. Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious shortcode execution patterns. 6. Educate content creators and contributors about the risks of shortcode misuse and enforce least privilege principles. 7. Regularly back up booking data to enable recovery in case of unauthorized deletions. 8. Monitor logs for unusual booking deletions or page visits by contributor-level users. 9. Consider disabling shortcode execution for contributors if not necessary for their role. 10. Engage in vulnerability scanning and penetration testing focused on WordPress plugins to proactively identify similar issues.

Description

The Booking Manager WordPress plugin before 2.1.15 registers a shortcode that deletes bookings and makes that shortcode available to anyone with contributor and above privileges. When a page containing the shortcode is visited, the bookings are deleted.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2025-10124 is on the integrity of booking data within affected WordPress sites using the Booking Manager plugin. Unauthorized deletion of bookings can disrupt business operations, cause loss of revenue, and damage customer trust. For European organizations in the hospitality, tourism, and service industries, this could lead to operational downtime and reputational harm. Since contributor-level users can exploit this vulnerability, insider threats or compromised contributor accounts pose a significant risk. The vulnerability does not affect confidentiality or availability directly but undermines data reliability and operational continuity. The medium CVSS score reflects moderate risk; however, the impact could be amplified in organizations with lax user privilege management or heavy reliance on the plugin for critical booking functions. No known exploits in the wild reduce immediate risk but do not eliminate the threat. European entities with high WordPress usage and extensive booking operations are particularly vulnerable to this integrity compromise.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #17OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/9bb0589f-34bb-40e1-b7f0-ee883b7b896c/ (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 13 Nov 2025, 21:32 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-863

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