# CVE-2024-52427: WordPress Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner plugin <= 2.3.11 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code via SSI injection in the Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 18 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h53w-2cq3-cj2p

## What is CVE-2024-52427?

CVE-2024-52427 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Vollstart Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner, published on 18 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Vollstart Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner event-tickets-with-ticket-scanner allows Server Side Include (SSI) Injection.This issue affects Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner: from n/a through <= 2.3.11.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-82 (Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes of IMG Tags in a Web Page)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52427?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vollstart Event Tickets With Ticket Scanner.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vollstart Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner

- [CVE-2024-35652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35652/): WordPress Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner plugin <= 2.3.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-1762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1762/): Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner < 2.5.4 - Arbitrary Tickets Deletion via CSRF (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-6711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6711/): Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner < 2.3.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52427 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52427 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Vollstart Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner, published on 18 Nov 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-2024-52427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vollstart Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner. 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-2024-52427/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52427/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52427
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52427
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52427

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52427/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.