5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24147
WordPress Modern Events Calendar Lite Unvalidated Input Cross-Site Scripting
Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5, did not sanitise the mic_comment field (Notes on time) when adding/editing an event, allowing users with privilege as low as author to add events with a Cross-Site Scripting payload in them, which will be triggered in the frontend when viewing the event.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 24, 2021, 2:06 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-24147 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24147 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Webnus modern_events_calendar_lite
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f9ba284-5d7e-4092-8344-c68316b0146f Exploit Third Party Advisory

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None

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
26 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 5, 2021, 11:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24147 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24147 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f9ba284-5d7e-4092-8344-c68316b0146f No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f9ba284-5d7e-4092-8344-c68316b0146f Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webnus:modern_events_calendar_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.16.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.22495

percentile

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