Modern Events Calendar Lite: A security weakness
Modern Events Calendar Lite is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Modern Events Calendar Lite
- Plugin slug
modern-events-calendar-lite- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 18, 2021
This CVE was published Mar 18, 2021 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Modern Events Calendar Lite 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
Lack of authorisation checks in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5, did not properly restrict access to the export files, allowing unauthenticated users to exports all events data in CSV or XML format for example.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N