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CVE-2024-8476: Easy PayPal Events <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Easy PayPal Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpeevent_plugin_buttons() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• scottpaterson Easy PayPal Events & Tickets: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: scottpaterson Easy PayPal Events & Tickets 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-paypal-events-tickets/tags/1.2.1/includes/private_buttons.php#L273
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-paypal-events-tickets/tags/1.2.1/includes/private_buttons.php#L5
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3155809/easy-paypal-events-tickets/trunk/includes/private_buttons.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/602d337e-0778-4182-8e77-0eb3b37d5a7a?source=cve

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