CVE-2024-6522 Modern Events Calendar <= 7.12.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server Side Request Forgery
Authenticated attackers can exploit SSRF in Modern Events Calendar to query and modify internal services via arbitrary web requests.
- 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-2024-6522?
CVE-2024-6522 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Webnus Modern Events Calendar, published on 7 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Modern Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.12.1 via the 'mec_fes_form' AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6522?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Webnus Modern Events Calendar, Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6522?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2024-6522 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Webnus Modern Events Calendar
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7846-r2fj-c4x4.