What is CVE-2024-0238?

CVE-2024-0238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Myeventon Eventon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-0238?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-0238 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Myeventon Eventon

CVE-2024-0238

The EventON Premium WordPress plugin before 4.5.6, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 do not have authorisation in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the post to be updated belong to the plugin, allowing unauthenticated users to update arbitrary post metadata.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Myeventon Eventon
Eventon — versions 0
Eventon Premium — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/774655ac-b201-4d9f-8790-9eff8564bc91/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0238?: CVE-2024-0238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Myeventon Eventon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-0238?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-0238 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.