Plugins · hostel · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Hostel safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.1.8
- Last updated
- 2026-03-12
- Active installs
- 20+
- Known issues on record
- 14
- Unpatched in latest
- 1
- Tested up to WP
- 6.9.11
Create your hostel, small hotel or BnB site with WordPress. Manage rooms, booking, unavailable dates, and more. — by Bob
What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without Hostel for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
- If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
- Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get hostel --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update hostel updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
14 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.4 affects latest 1.1.8 CVE-2026-1645 · published 2026-09-22
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.8 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.8 and older
- Fixed in
- no fix listed yet
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'custom_currency' parameter and the 'locale_url' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
medium 6.4 CVE-2026-3907 · published 2026-07-10
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.7 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wphostel-book' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.7. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the second shortcode attribute (used as button text) is passed to the `$text` variable without sanitization at line 79 and then output directly into an HTML `value` attribute at line 91 without `esc_attr()` or any other escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
NVD CVE-2026-3907Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.1 CVE-2026-1838 · published 2026-04-18
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.6 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.7 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
NVD CVE-2026-1838Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.9 CVE-2023-32120 · published 2025-12-24
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.5.1 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Hostel allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through 1.1.5.1.
high 7.1 CVE-2025-66119 · published 2025-12-18
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.5.9 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.6
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Hostel hostel allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.9.
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-6236 · published 2025-07-10
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (older than 1.1.5.9)
- Affected
- older than 1.1.5.9
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.9
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 6.1 CVE-2025-6234 · published 2025-07-10
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (older than 1.1.5.8)
- Affected
- older than 1.1.5.8
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.8
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
high 7.6 CVE-2025-39566 · published 2025-04-16
SQL injection in Hostel (1.1.5.6 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Bob Hostel hostel allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.6.
high 7.1 CVE-2025-30848 · published 2025-04-01
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.5 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.5
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Hostel hostel allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.
high 7.1 CVE-2025-31102 · published 2025-03-28
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (1.1.5.5 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.6
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Hostel hostel allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.5.
medium 5.9 CVE-2024-3753 · published 2024-07-13
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (older than 1.1.5.3)
- Affected
- older than 1.1.5.3
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-4314 · published 2024-05-14
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Hostel (1.1.5.3 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.5.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.5 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when managing rooms. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and delete rooms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
medium 4.8 CVE-2023-0545 · published 2023-06-05
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (older than 1.1.5.2)
- Affected
- older than 1.1.5.2
- Fixed in
- 1.1.5.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 6.1 CVE-2019-12345 · published 2019-05-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hostel (older than 1.1.4)
- Affected
- older than 1.1.4
- Fixed in
- 1.1.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
XSS exists in the Kiboko Hostel plugin before 1.1.4 for WordPress.
Recent activity
- 2026-03-12 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.1.8).
- 2026-09-22 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-1645), no fix listed yet.
- 2026-07-10 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-3907), fixed in 1.1.8.
- 2026-04-18 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-1838), fixed in 1.1.7.
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- Plugins by Bob (3 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (12) · SQL injection (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/hostel (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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