{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8016 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8016 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in theeventscalendar The Events Calendar Pro, published on 30 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8016 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8016 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in theeventscalendar The Events Calendar Pro, published on 30 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8016 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: theeventscalendar The Events Calendar Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8016/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8016","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8016/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8016","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3x3j-vpj2-43h2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can achieve remote code execution via PHP object injection in The Events Calendar Pro plugin, potentially affecting contributors if Elementor is installed.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"deserialization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"events_calendar_pro","vendor":"theeventscalendar"}],"cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-502","name":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}],"description":"The Events Calendar Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'filters' parameter in widgets. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to execute code remotely. In certain configurations, this can be exploitable by lower level users. We confirmed that this plugin installed with Elementor makes it possible for users with contributor-level access and above to exploit this issue.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"The Events Calendar Pro \u003c= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2024-8016","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"deserialization","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui","id":"CVE-2024-8017"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Telerik Report Server Insecure Type Resolution","id":"CVE-2024-8015"},"products":["The Events Calendar Pro"],"published":"2024-08-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["theeventscalendar"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can achieve remote code execution via PHP object injection in The Events Calendar Pro plugin, potentially affecting contributors if Elementor is installed.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8016/"}