The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-6557
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 12, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher Nicolas Decayeux - Patrowl

Description

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.8.2 via the route function hooked into wp_ajax_nopriv_tribe_dropdown. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive data including post titles and IDs of pending, private and draft posts.

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Vulnerability Details for The Events Calendar

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug the-events-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.2.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2.8.2
Patched Version
  • 6.2.9

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