CVE-2025-22720: WooCommerce Booking Manager Auth Bypass

CVE-2025-22720 Overview

CVE-2025-22720 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the magepeopleteam Booking and Rental Manager plugin (booking-and-rental-manager-for-woocommerce) for WordPress. The flaw affects all plugin versions up to and including 2.2.1. The issue stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels, classified as [CWE-862] Missing Authorization. Unauthenticated attackers can reach functionality that should require privileged access, enabling limited manipulation of booking and rental data on affected WooCommerce sites.

Critical Impact
Unauthenticated network-based attackers can exploit broken access control to affect integrity of booking data across a scope-changed security boundary, without user interaction.

Affected Products

magepeopleteam Booking and Rental Manager for WooCommerce plugin
All versions from n/a through 2.2.1
WordPress sites running WooCommerce with this plugin installed

Discovery Timeline

2025-01-31 - CVE-2025-22720 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-22720

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a broken access control issue in the Booking and Rental Manager WooCommerce plugin. The plugin exposes one or more actions that fail to enforce capability or authorization checks before executing sensitive operations. Attackers can invoke these actions over the network without authentication or user interaction. The scope is changed, meaning the impacted component differs from the vulnerable one, which is typical for WordPress plugins that mediate access to WooCommerce order or booking data. The integrity impact is low, and there is no direct confidentiality or availability impact according to the assigned metrics.

Root Cause

The root cause is the absence of authorization checks such as current_user_can() capability verification or nonce validation on plugin endpoints. WordPress plugins typically expose actions through admin-ajax.php, REST routes, or admin_post handlers. When these handlers omit permission callbacks, any unauthenticated request can trigger the underlying booking or rental logic. This maps directly to [CWE-862] Missing Authorization.

Attack Vector

An attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable plugin endpoint on a targeted WordPress site. No credentials, tokens, or social engineering are required. Because the attack traverses the network and requires no privileges or user interaction, exploitation can be automated across many WordPress installations exposing this plugin. Refer to the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Report for technical specifics of the affected handler.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22720

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected changes to booking, reservation, or rental records without corresponding administrator or customer session activity
Unauthenticated POST or GET requests to plugin-specific admin-ajax.php actions or REST routes tied to booking-and-rental-manager-for-woocommerce
Anomalous entries in WooCommerce order metadata that lack authenticated user attribution

Detection Strategies

Inventory all WordPress sites and enumerate installed plugin versions to identify instances at or below 2.2.1
Review web server access logs for requests targeting plugin endpoints from IP addresses with no prior authenticated session
Correlate booking or rental modifications with authentication events to surface unauthenticated state changes

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress and WooCommerce audit logging to capture privileged actions and their originating identity
Deploy a web application firewall rule set that flags high-volume requests to plugin AJAX and REST endpoints
Monitor for scanning behavior consistent with automated WordPress plugin exploitation frameworks

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22720

Immediate Actions Required

Update the Booking and Rental Manager plugin to a version above 2.2.1 once a patched release is available from magepeopleteam
If no fixed version is available, deactivate and remove the plugin until a patch is issued
Audit existing booking and rental records for unauthorized modifications created since the plugin was installed

Patch Information

At the time of publication, refer to the Patchstack advisory for the current fixed version and vendor guidance. Administrators should verify the installed version against the vendor's published fixed release before considering the site remediated.

Workarounds

Restrict access to the plugin's AJAX and REST endpoints using web server rules or a WAF until a patched release is deployed
Enforce authentication on admin-ajax.php actions associated with the plugin through server-side access rules
Limit administrative surface exposure by disabling the plugin on sites where booking functionality is not required

bash

# Example nginx rule to block unauthenticated access to plugin endpoints
location ~* /wp-content/plugins/booking-and-rental-manager-for-woocommerce/ {
    deny all;
    return 403;
}