# CVE-2024-2441: VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Insecure Direct Object References

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization to access restricted VikBooking plugin settings due to insecure direct object references.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r566-fcmc-4j3v

## What is CVE-2024-2441?

CVE-2024-2441 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS, published on 10 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 allows direct access to menus, allowing an authenticated user with subscriber privileges or above, to bypass authorization and access settings of the VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8's they shouldn't be allowed to.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2441?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vikwp Vikbooking Hotel Booking Engine \& Pms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS

- [CVE-2024-11641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11641/): Cross-site request forgery in VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25707/): WordPress VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS Plugin <= 1.5.12 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2749/): VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Broken Access Control (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-24396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24396/): WordPress VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS Plugin <= 1.5.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-13616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13616/): VikBooking < 1.7.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2441 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS, published on 10 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS. 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-2024-2441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2441/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.