# CVE-2024-7855: WP Hotel Booking <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated subscribers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qqjf-6446-hp94

## What is CVE-2024-7855?

CVE-2024-7855 is a high-severity vulnerability in thimpress WP Hotel Booking, published on 2 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the update_review() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7855?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thimpress Wp Hotel Booking.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7855?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7855 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in thimpress 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-2023-5652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5652/): WP Hotel Booking < 2.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-29047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29047/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [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-2024-7855 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7855 is a high-severity vulnerability in thimpress WP Hotel Booking, published on 2 Oct 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-2024-7855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: thimpress 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-2024-7855/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7855/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7855
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7855
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7855

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7855/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.