The Events Calendar 6.12.0 - 6.17.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'view_data' Parameter
33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 6.5epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 88% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5.1 does not validate or sanitise data submitted to an unauthenticated AJAX action before merging it into its rendering context, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Unknown · The Events Calendarpublic PoCs found — 1
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