CVE-2023-6244 Cross-site request forgery in EventON (Pro) - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin

Medium 6.5 Published 11 Jan 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Attackers can trick administrators into modifying virtual event settings via forged requests due to missing nonce validation in the EventON plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-6244?

CVE-2023-6244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EventON (Pro) - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin, published on 11 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.4 (Pro) & 2.2.8 (Free). This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_virtual_event_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify virtual event settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6244?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Myeventon Eventon, Myeventon Eventon-Lite.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w5jx-c49w-xmwh.