Missing authorization in Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-862.
Summary
The Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited unauthorized plugin settings modification due to a missing capability check on the saveTimezoneString and some other functions in all versions up to and including 4.10.46.decaf. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify some of the plugin settings.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Espresso | Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales | up to 4.10.46.decaf | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales VendorEvent Espresso Affected up to 4.10.46.decaf Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eventespresso:event_espresso:*:*:*:*:decaf:wordpress:*:* | before 5.0.22 | Vulnerable | Event Espresso |
- cpe:2.3:a:eventespresso:event_espresso:*:*:*:*:decaf:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.0.22 Vulnerable ·Event Espresso
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6883
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-593p-xc9r-fqp9
References
More Event Espresso vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-14751 SQL injection in Event Expresso Free CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-15988 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-6883 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6883 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-593p-xc9r-fqp9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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