Is CVE-2023-5991 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-5991 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-5991?

CVE-2023-5991 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-5991?

CVE-2023-5991 has an EPSS score of 3.31% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5991?

Upgrade hotel booking lite to 4.8.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-5991

CRITICALEPSS 87th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Hotel Booking Lite WordPress plugin before 4.8.5 does not validate file paths provided via user input, as well as does not have proper CSRF and authorisation checks, allowing unauthenticated users to download and delete arbitrary files on the server

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

hotel booking liteNVD

Affected:< 4.8.5Fixed in:4.8.5CVE-2023-5991derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.