Event Calendar <= 1.1.50 - Subscriber+ Event Creation

2021-12-20 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.1.51

Affected PluginEvent Calendar WD version

Affected Version<= 1.1.50

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-25025

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Vulnerability Overview

The EventCalendar WordPress plugin before 1.1.51 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF checks in the add_calendar_event AJAX actions, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to create events

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.1.51, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25025 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/835941f1-e2f6-41aa-9a46-cdbeb5741d20

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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