CVE-2026-42737 PUBLISHED

WordPress VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS plugin <= 1.8.9 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 29.04.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in e4jvikwp VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS vikbooking allows Path Traversal.This issue affects VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS: from n/a through <= 1.8.9.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.6

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	e4jvikwp
Product	VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.8.9 (incl.)

Credits

dodoh4t | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/vikbooking/vulnerability/wordpress-vikbooking-hotel-booking-engine-pms-plugin-1-8-9-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE

Impacts

Path Traversal