TickeraWordPress extension
CVE-2024-35729
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Tickera Tickera tickera-event-ticketing-system allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Tickera: from n/a through <= 3.5.2.6.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Tickera WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or sensitive ticketing data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
TickeraWordPress extension
< 3.5.2.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Tickera plugin installationAccess WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins section, and verify Tickera plugin is present and activeAffected if Tickera plugin is installed and active
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Check installed Tickera versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate Tickera and note the version number. Compare against 3.5.2.7Affected if Installed version is lower than 3.5.2.7
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Review Tickera security configurationAccess Tickera settings in WordPress admin (typically under Settings > Tickera or dedicated Tickera menu) and inspect user role permission settings and access control configurations for ticketing featuresAffected if Security levels are configured in a way that allows privilege escalation or unauthorized access
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Test for authorization bypassUsing a WordPress user account with low privileges (e.g., subscriber), attempt to access Tickera administrative pages, ticket management areas, or attendee data. Check if unauthorized access is granted to functions that should require higher privilegesAffected if Low-privilege authenticated users can access administrative functions or sensitive ticketing data
Environment is affected if Tickera version is below 3.5.2.7 and unauthorized users can bypass access controls to access privileged ticketing functions or data
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped3.5.2.7
Update to the latest version of Tickera when available; otherwise, audit all user role permissions and implement proper capability checks on sensitive endpoints.
Tickera version 3.5.2.7
- Back up your WordPress site before making any changes
- Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find the Tickera plugin and update to version 3.5.2.7 or later
- Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Tickera
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-35729 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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