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CVE-2024-1376: Event post <= 5.9.4 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Event post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized bulk metadata update due to a missing capability check on the save_bulkdatas function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to update post_meta_data.

Affected products

• Bastien Ho Event post: before 5.9.5 — fixed in 5.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bastien Ho Event post 5.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3086840/event-post/trunk/eventpost.php?old=3060317&old_path=event-post%2Ftrunk%2Feventpost.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926c09d5-3824-4745-99f6-50d9c945d252?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3086840/event-post/trunk/eventpost.php?old=3060317&old_path=event-post%2Ftrunk%2Feventpost.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926c09d5-3824-4745-99f6-50d9c945d252?source=cve

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