The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8 - Information Disclosure

2023-11-20 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.2.8.1

Affected PluginThe Events Calendar

Affected Version< 6.2.8.1

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-6203

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Vulnerability Overview

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to and including 6.2.8 via the get_data function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including private post content, via the REST API.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.2.8.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-202 (Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries) When trying to keep information confidential, an attacker can often infer some of the information by using statistics.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6203 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8291fd89-aea1-4f7b-abd8-dee8438c3ed5

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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