Contributor impersonation via unchecked event author
Published Feb 27, 2024 · Updated Aug 8, 2024
Incorrect authorization in Spiffy Calendar before 4.9.9 allows remote authenticated users to create events attributed to another user. The event-creation handler accepts a client-supplied event_author value without verifying that it matches the submitting account, then stores the chosen user ID as the event author. Contributor-level access and event-creation permission are required; a crafted request can make an event appear to have been created by an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Spiffy Calendar before 4.9.9 allows remote authenticated users to create events attributed to another user. The event-creation handler accepts a client-supplied event_author value without verifying that it matches the submitting account, then stores the chosen user ID as the event author. Contributor-level access and event-creation permission are required; a crafted request can make an event appear to have been created by an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0855
- Published
- Feb 27, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Vendor
- Spiffy Plugins
- Product
- Spiffy Calendar
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1656
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 8, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <4.4.9
- Affected versionversion=0 <4.9.9
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