Description

WordPress Plugin The Events Calendar is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently gain root access through an backdoored javascript. WordPress Plugin The Events Calendar version 3.11.2 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.12 or latest

References

https://zyan.scripts.mit.edu/blog/backdooring-js/

https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-uglify/issues/350

https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/changelog/

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass