WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2013-2698 Modified

Calendar: Cross-site request forgery

Calendar is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS · PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
NVD score 6.8 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Calendar
Plugin slug
calendar
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 27, 2014
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published May 27, 2014 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Calendar to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Calendar plugin before 1.3.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that add a calendar entry via unspecified vectors.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Primary and upstream sources