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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6h5p-8mvr-f4fg

## 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 (Missing Authorization), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1053?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-1053 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in stellarwp Event Tickets and Registration

- [CVE-2019-16120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16120/): Other in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-1316](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1316/): Event Tickets and Registration < 5.8.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Events Access (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-13457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13457/): Event Tickets <= 5.18.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-1319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1319/): Event Tickets Plus < 5.9.1 - Contributor+ Attendees Lists Disclosure (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1053 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: stellarwp Event Tickets and Registration. 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-2024-1053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1053/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1053
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1053
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1053

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1053/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.