CVE-2024-1053

Event Tickets and Registration <= 5.8.1 - Missing Authorization

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 22, 2024 at 05:32 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:03 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEvent TicketsEvent Tickets

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'email' action in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to email the attendees list to themselves.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v < 5.8.2
Affected range stops below 5.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
60%
v ≤ 5.8.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862CWE-284

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