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WordPress Plugin: modern-events-calendar-lite: CVE-2021-24946: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Nov 15, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 29, 2026

Description

The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape the time parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the mec_load_single_page AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection issue

Solution

modern-events-calendar-lite-plugin-cve-2021-24946

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24946
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bfc18fa-905c-408f-bbb4-ce207c322298?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11858
CVE-2021-24946
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24946
CWE-89
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11858

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