EventON <= 2.1 - Missing Authorization to Event Access

2023-06-19 00:00

Miguel Santareno

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.2

Affected PluginEventON – Events Calendar

Affected Version<= 2.1

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-2796

View all EventON – Events Calendar vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The EventON plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the eventon_ics_download function in versions up to, and including, 2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view private or protected events.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.2, 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-2023-2796 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dba3f3a6-3f55-4f4e-98e4-bb98d9c94bdd

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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