CVE-2023-2796
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 lacks authentication and authorization in its eventon_ics_download ajax action, allowing unauthenticated visitors to access private and password protected Events by guessing their numeric id.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 lacks authentication and authorization in its eventon_ics_download ajax action, allowing unauthenticated visitors to access private and password protected Events by guessing their numeric id.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 42.67% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 August 2023
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- myeventon/eventon
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 42.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173984/WordPress-EventON-Calendar-4.4-Insecure-Direct-Object-Reference.html
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9ef793c-e5a3-4c55-beee-56b0909f7a0dExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173984/WordPress-EventON-Calendar-4.4-Insecure-Direct-Object-Reference.html
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9ef793c-e5a3-4c55-beee-56b0909f7a0dExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.