CVE-2024-13216

HT Event – WordPress Event Manager Plugin for Elementor <= 1.4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via HT Event: Sponsor

2025-01-30 16:49

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.4.8
Affected Plugin: HT Event – WordPress Event Manager Plugin for Elementor
Affected Version: <= 1.4.7
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-359 · Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2024-13216

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At a glance

CVE-2024-13216 is a medium-severity Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the HT Event WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.7. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2025, reported by Ankit Patel.

Vulnerability Overview

The HT Event – WordPress Event Manager Plugin for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 via the 'render' function in /includes/widgets/htevent_sponsor.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, scheduled, and draft template data.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected.

Remediation

Update to version 1.4.8, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: HT Event 1.4.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13216 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/155f494b-be25-4269-9d3b-379309619bbe https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13216

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CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

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

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