Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Network-accessible with zero prerequisites per unauthenticated design; Low C/I/A because impact is scoped to plugin booking data with no scope change to broader system.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Hydra Booking <= 1.2.2 versions.
AnalysisAI
Unauthenticated broken access control in the Hydra Booking WordPress plugin by Themefic (versions ≤ 1.2.2) permits any remote, unauthenticated party to bypass authorization checks and interact with restricted plugin functionality. The CWE-862 root cause - missing authorization - means protected endpoints can be triggered by anonymous HTTP requests, enabling unauthorized reading, modification, or disruption of booking data. No public exploit code and no active exploitation have been confirmed at the time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
Hydra Booking is a WordPress appointment and scheduling plugin developed by Themefic, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:themefic:hydra_booking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), a root cause where the application registers actions or routes - typically WordPress AJAX handlers or REST API endpoints - without enforcing capability checks such as current_user_can() before executing sensitive operations. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N confirms the flaw is reachable over the network with no prerequisites, while S:U (Unchanged scope) indicates impact is contained within the plugin's own booking data and does not inherently propagate to the broader WordPress core or host operating system.
RemediationAI
Update the Hydra Booking plugin to the latest available version beyond 1.2.2 - check the official WordPress plugin repository and the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hydra-booking/vulnerability/wordpress-hydra-booking-plugin-1-2-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability for the confirmed fix version, as no exact patched release number is present in current data. No exact fix version is independently confirmed from available intelligence, so verify directly with Themefic before upgrading to ensure the target version contains the authorization fix. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, temporarily deactivating the Hydra Booking plugin removes the attack surface entirely at the cost of all booking functionality. As a partial compensating control, a web application firewall rule targeting the plugin's specific AJAX action names or REST API route prefixes may reduce exposure, though effectiveness depends on which endpoints are vulnerable and may break legitimate booking workflows - test in staging before deploying.
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-57966
GHSA-xgq6-462m-h462