Event post: A security weakness
Event post is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Event post
- Plugin slug
event-post- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 24, 2024
This CVE was published May 24, 2024 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update Event post to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The Event post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized bulk metadata update due to a missing capability check on the save_bulkdatas function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to update post_meta_data.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N