CVE-2023-5991

CRITICAL NUCLEI

Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Deletion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-5991. PoCs published by halilkirazkaya. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains functional exploit code for multiple CVEs, including CVE-2023-5991, demonstrating vulnerabilities such as remote file inclusion, path traversal, and unauthorized file deletion. Each PoC includes HTTP requests or commands to exploit the respective vulnerabilities.

Description

The Hotel Booking Lite WordPress plugin before 4.8.5 does not validate file paths provided via user input, as well as does not have proper CSRF and authorisation checks, allowing unauthenticated users to download and delete arbitrary files on the server

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 4 stars
by halilkirazkaya · poc
https://github.com/halilkirazkaya/cve-poc-garage/tree/main/2023/CVE-2023-5991.md

The repository contains functional exploit code for multiple CVEs, including CVE-2023-5991, demonstrating vulnerabilities such as remote file inclusion, path traversal, and unauthorized file deletion. Each PoC includes HTTP requests or commands to exploit the respective vulnerabilities.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Various (WordPress plugins, QNAP Photo Station, IBM Data Risk Manager, etc.)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system · Specific software versions as listed in the PoCs
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Hotel Booking Lite < 4.8.5 - Arbitrary File Download & Deletion
CRITICALVERIFIEDby s4e-io
Shodan: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/motopress-hotel-booking
FOFA: body=/wp-content/plugins/motopress-hotel-booking

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d35e36-1e60-4483-b8b3-5cbf08fcd49e

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0331
EPSS Percentile 87.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
motopress/hotel_booking_lite < 4.8.5
Published Dec 26, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026