# CVE-2024-12711: RSVP and Event Management <= 2.7.13 - Missing Authorization

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete attendees and questions, while authenticated users can modify question orders due to missing capability checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-89g3-3wcc-6vq4

## What is CVE-2024-12711?

CVE-2024-12711 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill RSVP and Event Management, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RSVP and Event Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX functions like bulk_delete_attendees() and bulk_delete_questions() in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.13. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete questions and attendees and for authenticated users to update question menu orders.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12711?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12711 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12711 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill RSVP and Event Management, published on 7 Jan 2025. 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-2024-12711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpchill RSVP and Event Management. 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-2024-12711/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12711/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12711
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12711
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12711

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12711/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.