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Executive Summary

CVE-2025-69328 is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the WordPress Booking and Rental Manager Plugin (versions up to and including 2.5.9). It allows a malicious actor to inject PHP objects through deserialization of untrusted data, potentially leading to various attacks such as code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, and denial of service.

Exploitation requires the attacker to have at least contributor or developer privileges, and the vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection.

The issue was reported on November 25, 2025, and patched in version 2.6.0 of the plugin.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can have serious impacts including unauthorized code execution, database compromise through SQL injection, unauthorized file access via path traversal, and denial of service conditions.

If exploited, an attacker could manipulate the plugin to perform malicious actions that compromise the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the affected system.

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Detection Guidance

[{'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'This vulnerability affects the Booking and Rental Manager WordPress plugin versions up to and including 2.5.9. Detection involves identifying if this vulnerable plugin version is installed on your WordPress site.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'You can check the plugin version by running commands on your server or through WordPress admin interface. For example, via command line, you can use:'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': "Navigate to the WordPress plugins directory and check the plugin version in the plugin's main PHP file or readme.txt, e.g., `grep 'Version' wp-content/plugins/booking-and-rental-manager-for-woocommerce/booking-and-rental-manager.php`"}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': 'Use WP-CLI to list installed plugins and their versions: `wp plugin list | grep booking-and-rental-manager-for-woocommerce`'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'Additionally, monitoring for suspicious PHP Object Injection attempts or unusual activity in logs related to this plugin could help detect exploitation attempts.'}] [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

[{'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'The primary mitigation step is to update the Booking and Rental Manager plugin to version 2.6.0 or later, where this vulnerability is patched.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': "Until the update can be applied, you can use Patchstack's automatic mitigation rule which blocks attacks targeting this vulnerability."}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'Additionally, enabling auto-update features for the plugin can help ensure you receive security patches promptly.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'Limiting user privileges to prevent unauthorized contributor or developer level access can also reduce the risk of exploitation.'}] [1]

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