Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing: A security weakness
Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing
- Plugin slug
event-espresso-decaf- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 21, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 21, 2024 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N