Editorial Calendar: SQL injection
Editorial Calendar is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Editorial Calendar
- Plugin slug
editorial-calendar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 08, 2023
This CVE was published Apr 08, 2023 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Editorial 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.
Technical description
A vulnerability was found in Editorial Calendar Plugin up to 2.6 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function edcal_filter_where of the file edcal.php. The manipulation of the argument edcal_startDate/edcal_endDate leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 2.7 is able to address this issue. The patch is named a9277f13781187daee760b4dfd052b1b68e101cc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225151.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H