PT-2022-9602 · WordPress · Modern Events Calendar Lite

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-01-17 · Updated 2022-01-24 · CVE-2021-25046

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 6.2.0

Description The issue allows any logged-in user, even a subscriber, to add a category with incorrectly escaped parameters in the admin panel, leading to stored XSS.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.0, update to version 6.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the category addition feature in the admin panel to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25046

Affected Products

Modern Events Calendar Lite

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19c2f456-a41e-4755-912d-13683719bae6 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25046 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25046 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25542 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/35670 · Telegram Post