CVE-2023-2796 (GCVE-0-2023-2796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-10 12:40 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:45
VLAI Previdian
Title
EventON < 2.1.2 - Unauthenticated Event Access
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-12 14:08 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown EventON Affected: 0 , < 2.1.2 (custom)
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Credits
Miguel Santareno WPScan
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: b6c1776c-0b9c-46a1-bd15-1a57ebdc7fe7

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-2796

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2023-07-10 14:40 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-07-10
Asserted: 2023-07-10
Scope
Notes: EventON < 2.1.2 - Unauthenticated Event Access | Affected: EventON / EventON | CVSS: 5.3 (MEDIUM) | EPSS: 0.42674 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title EventON < 2.1.2 - Unauthenticated Event Access
Cve Id CVE-2023-2796
Vendor EventON
Ghsa Id None
Product EventON
Added Date 2023-07-10T12:40:07.000Z
Cvss Score 5.3
Epss Score 0.42674
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity MEDIUM
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.98674
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2023-2796
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
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