{"id":"CVE-2024-6180","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-6180","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:43:54.623Z","title":"The EventON plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'eventon_import_settings' ajax action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.15.","description":"The EventON plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'eventon_import_settings' ajax action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.15. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings, including adding stored cross-site scripting to settings options displayed on event calendar pages.","published":"2024-07-09T08:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:17:27.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00457,"percentile":0.39494,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121634/eventon-lite/trunk/includes/admin/class-admin-ajax.php","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12f3dc64-322d-4015-8c57-eaa41c9a1829?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventon-lite/trunk/assets/js/admin/wp_admin.js#L714","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventon-lite/trunk/includes/calendar/class-calendar-event-structure.php#L590","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12f3dc64-322d-4015-8c57-eaa41c9a1829?source=cve","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6180","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}