devitemsllc HT Event Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress htevent_sponsor.php render private personal information

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A vulnerability was found in devitemsllc HT Event Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function render of the file /includes/widgets/htevent_sponsor.php. The manipulation leads to private personal information. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-13216. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in devitemsllc HT Event Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function render of the file /includes/widgets/htevent_sponsor.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a private personal information vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-359. The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The HT Event – WordPress Event Manager Plugin for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 via the 'render' function in /includes/widgets/htevent_sponsor.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, scheduled, and draft template data.

The weakness was released by Ankit Patel. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-13216 since 01/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1589 for this issue.

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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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• devitemsllc

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• HT Event Plugin

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• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7

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