Event Calendar <= 1.4.6 - Missing Authorization to Event Modification

2022-08-25 00:00

Nguy Minh Tuan

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4.7

Affected PluginEvent Calendar – Calendar

Affected Version<= 1.4.6

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-38067

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Vulnerability Overview

The Event Calendar plugin for WordPress lacks authorization and capability checks on several of its functions reachable via AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 1.4.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit, clone, and delete events.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38067 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3e149dd-636e-47ce-9ade-e1ae337612da

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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