Arbitrary Event Deletion Vulnerability in Community Events WordPress Plugin
CVE-2024-6271

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Community Events
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 July 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.5 does not have CSRF check in place when deleting events, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin delete arbitrary events via a CSRF attack

Affected Version(s)

Community Events 0 < 1.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-6271 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44d9d085-34cb-490f-a3f5-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bob Matyas
WPScan
.