PT-2024-37687 · WordPress · Modern Events Calendar

Foxyyy + 1 · Published 2024-08-07 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2024-6522

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.6

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Modern Events Calendar plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 7.12.1

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application. This can be used to query and modify information from internal services via the mec fes form AJAX function.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 7.12.1, consider disabling the mec fes form AJAX function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to internal services to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

SSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6522

Affected Products

Modern Events Calendar

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6522 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6522 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/2680 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89613 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00bf8f2f-6ab4-4430-800b-5b97abe7589e?source=cve · Note
• https://mec.webnus.net/change-log · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modern-events-calendar-lite/trunk/app/features/fes.php#L54 · Note