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CVE-2024-0855 (GCVE-0-2024-0855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-27 08:30 – Updated: 2024-08-08 20:36
VLAI
Title
Spiffy Calendar < 4.9.9 - Broken Access Control
Summary
The Spiffy Calendar WordPress plugin before 4.9.9 doesn't check the event_author parameter, and allows any user to alter it when creating an event, leading to deceiving users/admins that a page was created by a Contributor+.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-08 20:36 UTC
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d5da91e-3f34-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Spiffy Calendar Affected: 0 , < 4.9.9 (semver)
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spiffyplugins spiffy_calendar Affected: 0 , < 4.4.9 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:spiffyplugins:spiffy_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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