MeetupWordPress extension · Tareqhasan
CVE-2024-50483
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Tareq Hasan Meetup meetup allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Meetup: from n/a through <= 0.1.
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 confidenceThe Meetup plugin by Tareq Hasan contains an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability (CWE-639) in versions up to and including 0.1. The vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to manipulate an object reference (such as a user ID or meetup ID) in a request to gain unauthorized access to privileged functions or other users' data, leading to privilege escalation.
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
MeetupWordPress extension
<= 0.1CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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Identify if Meetup plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin plugins page or inspect plugin directory to confirm the Meetup plugin by Tareq Hasan is presentAffected if The Meetup plugin version 0.1 or lower is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Check installed plugin versionView the plugin header in main plugin file (typically meetup.php or similar) to read the Version fieldAffected if The installed version is 0.1 or any version number less than or equal to 0.1
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Identify plugin entry pointsReview plugin files for AJAX actions, REST API endpoints, or form handlers that process meetup or user ID parametersAffected if The plugin exposes endpoints that accept user-controlled ID parameters without visible authorization checks in the code
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Test low-privilege access to meetup resourcesCreate or use a low-privilege subscriber account and attempt to access or modify meetup records belonging to other users by manipulating ID parameters in requestsAffected if A low-privilege authenticated user can successfully access, modify, or delete meetup data that belongs to a different user by changing an ID parameter in the request
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Inspect parameter handling in plugin codeSearch plugin PHP files for functions handling meetup_id, user_id, or similar parameters and verify if current_user capability checks are performed before database operationsAffected if The code processes user-supplied ID parameters to access or modify objects without verifying the current user owns or has permission for that object
If the Meetup plugin version 0.1 or lower is installed and exposes functionality that allows authenticated low-privilege users to manipulate object references (such as meetup IDs or user IDs) in requests to access other users' data, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks validating that the authenticated user has permission to access the requested resource. Use indirect object references and validate all user-controlled parameters against the current user's permissions before performing any action.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-50483 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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