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CVE-2023-0404: Events Made Easy <= 2.3.16 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Events Made Easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several functions related to AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.3.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to invoke those functions intended for administrator use. While the plugin is still pending review from the WordPress repository, site owners can download a copy of the patched version directly from the developer's Github at https://github.com/liedekef/events-made-easy

Affected products

• Events Made Easy: through 2.3.16

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2836308%40events-made-easy&new=2836308%40events-made-easy&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a9e62de-3e70-424f-b8e5-2a5f07ca182d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2836308%40events-made-easy&new=2836308%40events-made-easy&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a9e62de-3e70-424f-b8e5-2a5f07ca182d

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