The Events Calendar: SQL injection
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
- The Events Calendar
- Plugin slug
the-events-calendar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 25, 2024
This CVE was published Sep 25, 2024 and is one of 25 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update 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 The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'order' parameter of the 'tribe_has_next_event' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Only sites that have manually added tribe_has_next_event() will be vulnerable to this SQL injection.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H