WP Hotel Booking Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress AJAX access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in WP Hotel Booking Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component AJAX Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-9822. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Hotel Booking Plugin up to 2.3.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component AJAX Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not enforce capability checks in several of its AJAX handlers, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access to read other users' booking line items, enumerate active coupons, and read pricing data.

The weakness was disclosed by Sanjorn Keeratirungsan. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-9822 since 05/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-37994). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP Hotel Booking Plugin 2.3.1

Timelineinfo

05/28/2026 CVE reserved
06/19/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Sanjorn Keeratirungsan
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-9822 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-9822
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-372327
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2026 08:56
Updated: 06/19/2026 12:01
Changes: 06/19/2026 08:56 (57), 06/19/2026 12:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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