Modern Events Calendar Lite <= 5.16.5 - Authenticated SQL Injection

8.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24149
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published January 29, 2021
Last Updated August 29, 2022
Researcher Nguyen Van Khanh

Description

Unvalidated input in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.6, did not sanitise the mec[post_id] POST parameter in the mec_fes_form AJAX action when logged in as an author+, leading to an authenticated SQL Injection issue.

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Vulnerability Details for Modern Events Calendar Lite

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug modern-events-calendar-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.16.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.16.5
Patched Version
  • 5.16.6

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