PT-2024-17988 · WordPress · Event Post Plugin

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-05-24 · Updated 2024-05-24 · CVE-2024-1376

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Event post plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.9.4

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber access or higher to update post meta data due to a missing capability check on the save bulkdatas function. This enables unauthorized bulk metadata updates.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.9.4, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check in the save bulkdatas function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the save bulkdatas function to prevent unauthorized metadata updates.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1376

Affected Products

Event Post Plugin

References · 4

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3086840/event-post/trunk/eventpost.php?old=3060317&old_path=event-post%2Ftrunk%2Feventpost.php · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1376 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926c09d5-3824-4745-99f6-50d9c945d252?source=cve · Note