CVE-2024-0855 Spiffy Calendar < 4.9.9 - Broken Access Control
Attackers can spoof event authorship by manipulating parameters, deceiving admins and users about content ownership in Spiffy Calendar.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0855?
CVE-2024-0855 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Spiffy Calendar, published on 27 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Spiffy Calendar WordPress plugin before 4.9.9 doesn't check the event_author parameter, and allows any user to alter it when creating an event, leading to deceiving users/admins that a page was created by a Contributor+.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0855?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spiffyplugins Spiffy Calendar.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0855?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-0855 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0855 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Spiffy Calendar
- CVE-2022-46859 WordPress Spiffy Calendar Plugin <= 4.9.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-38692 WordPress spiffy-calendar plugin <= 4.9.11 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-45458 WordPress Spiffy Calendar plugin <= 4.9.13 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-45457 WordPress Spiffy Calendar plugin <= 4.9.13 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-49745 WordPress Spiffy Calendar Plugin <= 4.9.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g77v-mcj9-92j3.