CVE-2023-0404: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2023-0404 affects the Events Made Easy WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.3.17. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 23, 2022, and was added to the CVE database on January 19, 2023. The issue involves missing authorization checks in AJAX actions, which affects the plugin's security controls (WPScan).

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium). The core issue lies in the plugin's AJAX implementation where certain actions lack proper authorization checks, allowing any authenticated users, including those with subscriber-level access, to execute these AJAX calls (WPScan).

The vulnerability allows any authenticated user, including those with minimal privileges such as subscribers, to perform unauthorized AJAX actions within the plugin. This represents a broken access control issue that could potentially lead to unauthorized access to plugin functionality (WPScan).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.3.17 of the Events Made Easy plugin. Site administrators should update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).