CVE-2021-25025 Event Calendar < 1.1.51 - Subscriber+ Event Creation

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Subscribers can create calendar events due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in the EventCalendar WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-25025?

CVE-2021-25025 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown EventCalendar, published on 17 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The EventCalendar WordPress plugin before 1.1.51 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF checks in the add_calendar_event AJAX actions, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to create events

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25025?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Theeventscalendar Eventcalendar.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25025?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2021-25025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-96vj-582q-cvqw.

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