Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-6522Modern Events Calendar <= 7.12.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server Side Request Forgery
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity server-side request forgery in Modern Events Calendar from Webnus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Modern Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.12.1 via the 'mec_fes_form' AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Webnus | Modern Events Calendar | 0 – through 7.12.1 |
| webnus/ | Modern Events Calendar Lite | 0 – through 7.12.1 |
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00bf8f2f-6ab4-4430-800b-5b97abe7589e?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modern-events-calendar-lite/trunk/app/features/fes.php#L54
- https://mec.webnus.net/change-log/