Medium severity · published Feb 5, 2024
CVE-2023-6557
The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.8.2 via the route function hooked into wp_ajax_nopriv_tribe_dropdown. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive data including post titles and IDs of pending, private and draft posts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TE
The Events Calendar · stellarwp
through 6.2.8.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6557
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6557
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010104%40the-events-calendar%2Ftags%2F6.2.9&old=3010096%40the-events-calendar%2Ftags%2F6.2.9
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc40196e-c0f3-4bc6-ac4b-b866902def61?source=cve
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