CVE-2024-0855 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Spiffy Calendar WordPress plugin before 4.9.9 doesn't check the event_author parameter, and allows any user to alter it when creating an event, leading to deceiving users/admins that a page was created by a Contributor+.

Published: 2024-02-27

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Spiffy Calendar

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.9.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:spiffyplugins:spiffy_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00219.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d5da91e-3f34-46b0-8db2-354a88bdf934/

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Spiffyplugins Spiffyplugins spiffy Calendar
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:spiffyplugins:spiffy_calendar::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Spiffyplugins Spiffyplugins spiffy Calendar

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Spiffyplugins Spiffy Calendar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-02-27T08:30:29.193Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T20:36:38.282Z

Reserved: 2024-01-24T10:49:22.380Z

Link: CVE-2024-0855

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:18:18.940Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-27T09:15:37.497

Modified: 2025-05-01T14:25:47.930

Link: CVE-2024-0855

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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