CVE-2024-43138 WordPress Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4299-pp5c-6rgf.

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