# CVE-2023-5652: WP Hotel Booking < 2.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQLi

> Unauthenticated attackers can perform SQL injection via unsanitized input in the WP Hotel Booking plugin, potentially accessing or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6vrh-99q9-hcxv

## What is CVE-2023-5652?

CVE-2023-5652 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP Hotel Booking, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Hotel Booking WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks, as well as does not escape user input before using it in a SQL statement of a function hooked to admin_init, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injections

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5652?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5652 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5652 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WP Hotel Booking <= 2.0.7 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-5652.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Hotel Booking

- [CVE-2024-3605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3605/): WP Hotel Booking <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-29047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29047/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7855/): WP Hotel Booking <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-51582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51582/): WordPress WP Hotel Booking plugin <= 2.2.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-30508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30508/): WordPress WP Hotel Booking plugin <= 2.0.9.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5652 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP Hotel Booking, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5652 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP Hotel Booking. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5652/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5652/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.