Unauthorized Data Modification in EventON Calendar Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-6158

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
EventON
EventON Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 January 2024

Summary

The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin exhibits a security flaw that permits unauthorized modification and potential loss of data. This vulnerability arises from a missing capability check in the 'evo_eventpost_update_meta' function, affecting all versions of the plugin up to and including 4.5.4 for Pro and 2.2.7 for free. Resultantly, unauthenticated attackers can manipulate arbitrary post metadata, which may lead to data corruption or content injection due to the absence of adequate input validation.

Affected Version(s)

EventON * <= 2.2.7

EventON Pro * <= 4.5.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/eventon-changelog/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3017578/even...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
.