CVE-2026-84166: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Hotel Booking
Description
The Hotel Booking WordPress plugin through 3.8 does not implement CSRF protection on its administrative booking order management, allowing attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into creating, deleting, or modifying arbitrary booking order records via a forged request.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Hotel Booking
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-84166 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Hotel Booking WordPress plugin versions up to and including 3.8. The plugin does not implement CSRF protections on administrative booking order management endpoints. As a result, an attacker can craft malicious requests that, when executed by a logged-in administrator, can manipulate booking order records without the administrator's consent.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a logged-in administrator to unknowingly create, delete, or modify booking orders. This could lead to unauthorized changes in booking data, potentially disrupting hotel operations or causing financial discrepancies. However, there is no indication of remote code execution or privilege escalation beyond the administrator's existing permissions.
Mitigation Recommendations
No patch or official fix is currently documented. Users of the Hotel Booking plugin should monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Until a fix is available, administrators should exercise caution when browsing untrusted sites while logged into the WordPress admin panel and consider limiting administrator access or implementing additional CSRF protections via security plugins or web application firewalls.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T08:14:36.369Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6acc78512cdf04f6566a008f
Added to database: 10/12/2026, 06:04:01 UTC
Last enriched: 10/12/2026, 06:18:17 UTC
Last updated: 10/12/2026, 18:57:55 UTC
Views: 20
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