CVE-2026-42737 | WordPress VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS plugin <= 1.8.9 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

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.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-42737 is rated Moderate Risk (41.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-42737

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-02 0.05% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2026-05-27 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-42737

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-42737

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-42737

GHSA-w2ch-gmrj-rgw5 · Severity: high — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-42737

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-42737

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