CVE-2024-6711: event tickets with ticket scanner vulnerability

What is known

The Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner WordPress plugin before 2.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-6711, a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) affecting event tickets with ticket scanner, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether event tickets with ticket scanner is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

Sources

• NVD
• Reference