EventON PRO - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin <= 4.6.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_test_email
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6243
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wmmx-rm9g-w3wv
References
More ashanjay Eventon-lite vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05663 Missing authorization in ashanjay EventON – Events Calendar CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-04273 EventON <= 2.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-05735 Cross-site request forgery in ashanjay EventON – Events Calendar CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-05733 Cross-site request forgery in ashanjay EventON – Events Calendar CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-6243 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6243 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wmmx-rm9g-w3wv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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