# CVE-2023-23988: WordPress My Tickets plugin <= 1.9.11 - Payment Bypass Vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass payment checks in the My Tickets WordPress plugin due to missing authorization, allowing unauthorized access to paid features.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wgh-42qq-39vr

## What is CVE-2023-23988?

CVE-2023-23988 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Joseph C Dolson My Tickets, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Joseph C Dolson My Tickets.This issue affects My Tickets: from n/a through 1.9.11.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23988?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-23988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23988 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23988 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Joseph C Dolson My Tickets, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Joseph C Dolson My Tickets. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23988/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23988
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23988
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23988

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23988/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.