CVE-2021-24946

Modern Events Calendar < 6.1.5 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape the time parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the mec_load_single_page AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection issue

El plugin Modern Events Calendar Lite de WordPress versiones anteriores a 6.1.5, no sanea ni escapa del parámetro time antes de usarlo en una sentencia SQL en la acción mec_load_single_page AJAX, disponible para usuarios no autenticados, conllevando un problema de inyección SQL no autenticada

Modern Events Calendar plugin contains an unauthenticated timebased SQL injection in versions before 6.1.5. The time parameter is vulnerable to injection.

*Credits: Krzysztof Zając

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
2021-11-15 CVE Published
2022-01-27 First Exploit
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-01-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/181074	2024-09-01
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/165742	2022-01-27
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50687	2022-01-27
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165742/WordPress-Modern-Events-Calendar-6.1-SQL-Injection.html	2024-08-03
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2021-24946	2024-08-03
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09871847-1d6a-4dfe-8a8c-f2f53ff87445	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Webnus Search vendor "Webnus"		Modern Events Calendar Lite Search vendor "Webnus" for product "Modern Events Calendar Lite"				< 6.1.5 Search vendor "Webnus" for product "Modern Events Calendar Lite" and version " < 6.1.5"		wordpress		Affected