PT-2021-16219 · WordPress · Modern Events Calendar Lite

Shivam Rai · Published 2021-11-01 · Updated 2021-11-02 · CVE-2021-24716

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin versions prior to 5.22.3

Description The issue arises from the plugin's failure to properly sanitize or escape values set by users with access to adjust settings within wp-admin. This could potentially lead to security issues, although specific details about the nature of these issues are not provided.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.22.3, update to version 5.22.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the settings adjustment feature within wp-admin to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24716

Affected Products

Modern Events Calendar Lite

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/576cc93d-1499-452b-97dd-80f69002e2a0 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24716 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31535 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22769 · Telegram Post