CVE-2021-24716 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 5.22.3 does not properly sanitize or escape values set by users with access to adjust settings withing wp-admin.

Published: 2021-11-01

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Modern Events Calendar Lite

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.22.3`	affected	< 5.22.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webnus:modern_events_calendar_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11628	The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 5.22.3 does not properly sanitize or escape values set by users with access to adjust settings withing wp-admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00629.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/576cc93d-1499-452b-97dd-80f69002e2a0

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-01T08:46:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:16.663Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24716

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-01T09:15:08.843

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:47.203

Link: CVE-2021-24716

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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