CVE-2024-0238 (GCVE-0-2024-0238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 15:57 – Updated: 2025-06-02 15:09
VLAI?
Title
EventON (Free < 2.2.8, Premium < 4.5.6) - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Metadata Update
Summary
The EventON Premium WordPress plugin before 4.5.6, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the post to be updated belong to the plugin, allowing unauthenticated users to update arbitrary post metadata.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/774655ac-b201-4d… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown EventON Premium Affected: 0 , < 4.5.6 (semver)
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    Unknown EventON Affected: 0 , < 2.2.8 (semver)
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Credits
Erwan LR (WPScan) WPScan
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