Availability Calendar < 1.2.1 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24606
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published August 4, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher xiahao
Description

The Availability Calendar WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not escape the category attribute from its shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection issue, which can be exploited by any user able to add shortcode to posts/pages, such as contributor+

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug availability-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.1
Patched Version
  • 1.2.1
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