MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2023-2796

Eventon vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
42.7%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Myeventon
Affected product
Eventon
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-07-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 42.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-2796

  • Confirm whether Myeventon Eventon is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-2796.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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