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WordPress Plugin: modern-events-calendar-lite: CVE-2021-24716: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Sep 29, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

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.

Solution

modern-events-calendar-lite-plugin-cve-2021-24716

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24716
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e240f4b-dfdf-4954-af39-34e24a05a2ed?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11628
CVE-2021-24716
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24716
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11628

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