CVE-2024-0238 | EventON (Free < 2.2.8, Premium < 4.5.6) - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Metadata Update

The EventON Premium WordPress plugin before 4.5.6, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the post to be updated belong to the plugin, allowing unauthenticated users to update arbitrary post metadata.

Published: 2024-01-16 Last update: 2025-06-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-0238 is rated Moderate Risk (49/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.73%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-0238

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 1.26% 0.73% -0.53%
2 2025-11-18 0.73% 1.26% +0.53%
3 2025-06-06 0.73%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-0238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-0238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-0238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
myeventon eventon < 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:myeventon:eventon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
myeventon eventon >= 4.0, < 4.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:myeventon:eventon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-0238

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