Registrations for the Events Calendar: SQL injection
Registrations for the Events Calendar is affected by SQL injection. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Registrations for the Events Calendar
- Plugin slug
registrations-for-the-events-calendar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 06, 2021
This CVE was published Dec 06, 2021 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Registrations for the Events 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
The Registrations for the Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does not sanitise and escape the event_id in the rtec_send_unregister_link AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H