CVE-2024-6883 Missing authorization in Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales
Authenticated subscribers can modify limited plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Event Espresso 4 Decaf WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-6883?
CVE-2024-6883 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eventespresso Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales, published on 21 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited unauthorized plugin settings modification due to a missing capability check on the saveTimezoneString and some other functions in all versions up to and including 4.10.46.decaf. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify some of the plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6883?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eventespresso Event Espresso.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6883?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6883 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-6883 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6883 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-593p-xc9r-fqp9.