The Events Calendar Free & Pro <= 6.4.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Events Access

2024-05-24 00:00

Scott Kingsley Clark

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.4.0.1

Affected PluginThe Events Calendar

Affected Version<= 6.4.0

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-1295

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a insufficient capability checks and restrictions on a function in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access arbitrary events that they should not have access to.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.4.0.1, 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-2024-1295 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/974c0e94-8d09-488a-9a09-49f0b9ce112c

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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