Modern Events Calendar Lite: A security weakness
Modern Events Calendar Lite is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. 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
- Nov 01, 2021
This CVE was published Nov 01, 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
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.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N