theeventscalendar Event Tickets and Registration Plugin up to 5.18.1 on WordPress Object Reference tc-order-id access control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in theeventscalendar Event Tickets and Registration Plugin up to 5.18.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Object Reference Handler. The manipulation of the argument tc-order-id leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-13457. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in theeventscalendar Event Tickets and Registration Plugin up to 5.18.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Object Reference Handler. The manipulation of the argument tc-order-id with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.18.1 via the tc-order-id parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view order details of orders they did not place, which includes ticket prices, user emails and order date.

The weakness was presented by Whit Taylor. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-13457 since 01/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/30/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• theeventscalendar

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• Event Tickets and Registration Plugin

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• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1

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