What is CVE-2024-6271?

CVE-2024-6271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Community Events Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-6271?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6271 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Community Events Project

CVE-2024-6271

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.5 does not have CSRF check in place when deleting events, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin delete arbitrary events via a CSRF attack

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Community_events_project Community_events
Unknown Community Events — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6271?: CVE-2024-6271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Community Events Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-6271?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6271 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.