CVE-2024-1053 Event Tickets and Registration <= 5.8.1 - Missing Authorization

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with contributor access can bypass authorization to email attendee lists to themselves via the email action.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-1053?

CVE-2024-1053 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp Event Tickets and Registration, published on 22 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'email' action in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to email the attendees list to themselves.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Liquidweb Event Tickets.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1053 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-2024-1053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6h5p-8mvr-f4fg.

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