High severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-42737
WordPress VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS plugin <= 1.8.9 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
8.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VH
VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS · e4jvikwp
through 1.8.9 · source: vendor
Affected product
VH
VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS
e4jvikwp
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42737
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42737
patchstack.com
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
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