CVE-2024-38716 WordPress Events Calendar for Google plugin <= 2.1.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Events Calendar for Google WordPress plugin to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2024-38716?
CVE-2024-38716 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Blue Plugins Events Calendar for Google, published on 12 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Blue Plugins Events Calendar for Google allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Events Calendar for Google: from n/a through 2.1.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38716?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-38716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqmr-h6xr-8h7j.