# CVE-2024-2749: VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Broken Access Control

> Unauthorized users can modify critical plugin configurations due to broken access control in the VikBooking WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h2jp-gf2g-f6fc

## What is CVE-2024-2749?

CVE-2024-2749 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS, published on 10 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8's access control mechanism fails to properly restrict access to its settings, permitting any users that can access a menu to manipulate requests and perform unauthorized actions such as editing, renaming or deleting (categories for example) despite initial settings prohibiting such access. This vulnerability resembles broken access control, enabling unauthorized users to modify critical VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 configurations.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2749?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vikwp Vikbooking Hotel Booking Engine \& Pms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2749?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2749 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2749 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2749 exists.

## 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-2024-2441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2441/): VikBooking < 1.6.8 - Insecure Direct Object References (high 8.1)
- [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-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-2024-2749 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2749 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS, published on 10 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2749 exists.

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-2024-2749/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2749/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2749
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2749
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2749

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2749/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.