Description

WordPress Plugin Calendar by WD-Responsive Event Calendar for WordPress is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress Plugin Calendar by WD-Responsive Event Calendar for WordPress version 1.5.51 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.5.52 or latest

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41857/

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/43

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142061/WordPress-Spider-Event-Calendar-1.5.51-Blind-SQL-Injection.html

http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2017-01-017_WordPress_Spider_Event_Calendar_Plugin_Advisory.pdf

https://wordpress.org/plugins/spider-event-calendar/#changelog

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-7719 CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection