PT-2024-15006 · WordPress · The Events Calendar

Nicolas Decayeux · Published 2024-02-05 · Updated 2024-10-07 · CVE-2023-6557

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.2.8.2

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive data, including post titles and IDs of pending, private, and draft posts, via the route function hooked into wp ajax nopriv tribe dropdown. This enables the exposure of sensitive information.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 6.2.8.2, update to a version later than 6.2.8.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp ajax nopriv tribe dropdown route function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6557

Affected Products

The Events Calendar

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6557 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/71123 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1754620484463792359 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97232 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010104%40the-events-calendar%2Ftags%2F6.2.9&old=3010096%40the-events-calendar%2Ftags%2F6.2.9 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc40196e-c0f3-4bc6-ac4b-b866902def61?source=cve · Note