CVE-2025-8942 is a critical server-side validation vulnerability in the WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin prior to version 2.2.3. Attackers can manipulate review ratings by intercepting and modifying requests to inject negative or out-of-range values. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Hotel Booking | >= 0, < 2.2.3CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.