FKIE_CVE-2021-24716

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-01 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 5.22.3 does not properly sanitize or escape values set by users with access to adjust settings withing wp-admin.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/576cc93d-1499-452b-97dd-80f69002e2a0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/576cc93d-1499-452b-97dd-80f69002e2a0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
webnus modern_events_calendar_lite *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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  "id": "CVE-2021-24716",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:47.203",
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