CVE-2024-43138 WordPress Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Event Manager for WooCommerce plugin to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2024-43138?
CVE-2024-43138 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in MagePeople Team Event Manager for WooCommerce, published on 13 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in MagePeople Team Event Manager for WooCommerce allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Event Manager for WooCommerce: from n/a through 4.2.1.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mage-People Event Manager and Tickets Selling for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-43138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in MagePeople Team Event Manager for WooCommerce
- CVE-2022-0478 Event Manager for WooCommerce < 3.5.8 - Contributor+ SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-24796 WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 4.1.1 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2025-5568 WpEvently <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-36383 WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.9.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-28422 WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.8.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4299-pp5c-6rgf.