Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-8016The Events Calendar Pro <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in The Events Calendar Pro from theeventscalendar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Events Calendar Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'filters' parameter in widgets. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to execute code remotely. In certain configurations, this can be exploitable by lower level users. We confirmed that this plugin installed with Elementor makes it possible for users with contributor-level access and above to exploit this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| theeventscalendar | The Events Calendar Pro | 0 – through 7.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H