Eventon
CVE-2024-0235
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve email addresses of any users. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement role-based access control, validate authorization on every request server-side, apply principle of least privilege.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Missing Authorization (CWE-862), which allows attackers to access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks. The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve email addresses of any users on the blog Affected products include: Myeventon Eventon. Version information: before 4.5.5.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve email addresses of any users on the blog
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The EventON plugin through 3.0.5 for WordPress allows addons/?q= XSS via the search field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high pri
Unauthenticated SQL injection in the EventON WordPress Virtual Event Calendar plugin (versions through 5.0.11) lets remo
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not validate that the event_id parameter in its eventon_ics_download ajax
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 lacks authentication and authorization in its eventon_ics_download ajax action
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.17 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high pri
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privil
Unauthenticated SQL injection in the EventON - Subscriber WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 1.4.5) allo
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery i
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery i
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the EventON WordPress plugin (versions ≤ 2.5.7) allows authenticated subscribers to injec
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB