Events Calendar: A security weakness
Events Calendar is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Events Calendar
- Plugin slug
the-events-calendar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 16, 2024
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Dec 16, 2024 and is one of 25 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Events Calendar 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 Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.8.2.1 is missing access checks in the REST API, allowing for unauthenticated users to access information about password protected events.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N