Event Monster <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via Custom Meta
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
The Event Monster – Event Management, Tickets Booking, Upcoming Event plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via deserialization via shortcode of untrusted input from a custom meta value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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-2024-1895
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fv5j-c825-8pf5
References
More A WP Life Event Monster vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03417 Event Monster < 1.2.1 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-03083 Event Monster < 1.2.0 - Visitors Deletion via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-04699 WordPress Event Monster Plugin <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-10560 Event monster <= 1.4.3 - Information Exposure Via Visitors List Export CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2023-25696 WordPress Event Management Tickets Booking Plugin <= 1.3.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-1895 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1895 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fv5j-c825-8pf5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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