Modern Events Calendar Lite <= 5.16.5 - Authenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24149
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	January 29, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Nguyen Van Khanh

Description

Unvalidated input in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.6, did not sanitise the mec[post_id] POST parameter in the mec_fes_form AJAX action when logged in as an author+, leading to an authenticated SQL Injection issue.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	modern-events-calendar-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.16.5
Patched Version	5.16.6

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