CVE-2026-8684 — The MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress is

title: CVE-2026-8684 - MotoPress Hotel Booking Authorization Bypass - Update Internal Notes
id: scw-2026-05-22-ai-1
status: experimental
level: high
description: |
  Detects attempts to exploit CVE-2026-8684 by targeting the mphb_update_booking_internal_notes AJAX action in the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin. This rule specifically looks for POST requests to admin-ajax.php containing the action and a booking_id parameter, indicating an attempt to bypass authorization and modify internal booking notes.
author: SCW Feed Engine (AI-generated)
date: 2026-05-22
references:
  - https://shimiscyberworld.com/posts/nvd-CVE-2026-8684/
tags:
  - attack.initial_access
  - attack.t1190
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
  selection:
      cs-uri|contains:
          - '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'
      cs-method|exact:
          - 'POST'
      cs-uri-query|contains:
          - 'action=mphb_update_booking_internal_notes'
  selection_base:
      cs-uri-query|contains:
          - 'booking_id='
  condition: selection AND selection_base
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate administrative activity

Source: Shimi's Cyber World · License & reuse