EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin: Cross-site request forgery
EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin
- Plugin slug
eventon-lite- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 19, 2024
This CVE was published Oct 19, 2024 and is one of 9 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin 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 EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_test_email function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send test emails to arbitrary email addresses via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N