Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege WordPress user
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DeliverySend crafted request to vulnerable MEC parameter
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ExploitInject blind SQL payload into query
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ExecutionInfer and exfiltrate database contents
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ImpactCompromise credentials and sensitive data
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated session on the WordPress site with the privilege level accepted by the vulnerable Modern Events Calendar Lite endpoint (CVSS PR:L confirms at least low-privilege authentication is needed - not unauthenticated), plus the plugin being installed and active at a version before 7.37.0. No special non-default configuration or user interaction (UI:N) is indicated by the data. The primary limiting factor is the authentication requirement: an attacker must first obtain or register a valid low-privileged account, so sites that restrict account registration or lack the relevant user roles present a materially higher barrier. |
| Impact | The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L, base 8.5 High) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, authenticated (PR:L) blind SQL injection with a claimed scope change and high confidentiality impact. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC was supplied in the intelligence, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the data: per the precision rules this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis,' NOT active exploitation. The single source is Patchstack (a credible WordPress-focused vulnerability database), which lends confidence to the vulnerability's existence and the affected-version boundary, but there is no independent NVD enrichment, no SSVC decision data, and no vendor advisory text beyond the Patchstack entry. Net assessment: this is a genuine, credible authenticated SQLi in a widely-installed WordPress plugin and warrants prompt patching, but it is not a drop-everything emergency absent evidence of exploitation - the PR:L requirement (a logged-in account) meaningfully lowers real-world risk versus an unauthenticated flaw. Note a conflict to verify: the input marks Scope:Changed (S:C), which is atypical for in-database SQL injection and inflates the score; the scope-change claim should be verified with the vendor/Patchstack before treating 8.5 as settled. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds any low-privileged authenticated account on the target WordPress site (e.g., a subscriber or contributor, depending on the vulnerable endpoint's capability check) sends a crafted request to a Modern Events Calendar Lite parameter that is concatenated into an SQL query. Because the injection is blind, the attacker uses boolean- or time-based inference to extract data such as user password hashes or secret keys from the WordPress database. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) makes exploitation straightforward once a foothold account exists. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Blind SQL injection in the Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite plugin for WordPress (versions before 7.37.0) lets an authenticated low-privilege user inject SQL through a plugin endpoint that fails to neutralize special elements, allowing them to read arbitrary data from the site's database. The provided vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L, base 8.5 High) requires a valid low-privileged account, so sites that restrict registration or grant only minimal roles present a materially higher barrier; our independent assessment keeps the high confidentiality impact but scores scope as unchanged (S:U) and shifts the integrity/availability impact to a low integrity impact, which lowers the practical blast radius claimed by the vendor vector. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed as confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Modern Events Calendar Lite to version 7.37.0 or later, available through the WordPress plugin update mechanism or the plugin page, with the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-modern-events-calendar-lite-plugin-7-37-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) as the tracking reference. Where an immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control follows directly from the PR:L prerequisite: reduce the number of accounts that could reach the vulnerable endpoint by disabling open registration, auditing and removing unused low-privilege accounts, and ensuring subscriber-level users are not granted additional roles - the trade-off is operational friction for legitimate community or membership sites and does not eliminate the flaw for existing valid users. If the calendar functionality is not in use, deactivating and removing the plugin removes the attack surface entirely, at the cost of losing event/calendar features. Deploying a WAF or reverse-proxy rule to block SQL metacharacters (UNION, SLEEP, BENCHMARK, stacked queries) on requests to the plugin's AJAX/REST/admin-ajax actions can raise the bar for automated exploitation, but signature-based rules are bypassable and may generate false positives on legitimate search/filter traffic, so they should be treated as temporary until 7.37.0 is applied. Also enable database-level monitoring or logging of anomalous long-running queries to detect blind-SQLi probing attempts, and review the database for evidence of prior unauthorized reads.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-89, Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command: the WordPress plugin builds SQL queries by concatenating user-controlled input instead of using $wpdb->prepare() or parameterized statements. Because the vulnerable path is blind, the attacker cannot simply read query results back in the HTTP response and must instead infer data through boolean- or time-based oracle behavior, making extraction slower but still feasible. The affected technology stack is the WordPress plugin ecosystem: the plugin exposes a handler reachable over the network (AV:N), exploitation is low complexity (AC:L) and needs no user interaction (UI:N), but it demands a valid authenticated session at the privilege level the endpoint accepts (PR:L), per the CVSS vector and our independent assessment. The vendor/NVD vector claims scope change (S:C), implying the attacker could pivot from the plugin component into the broader WordPress/MySQL context; our independent assessment treats the scope as unchanged (S:U), so impact should be described as database-content disclosure within the site rather than an assumed cross-component compromise. No CPE strings were supplied in the intelligence feed; the affected product is the 'modern-events-calendar-lite' WordPress plugin (slug confirmed by the Patchstack advisory URL).
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Authenticated low-priv user (PR:L) remotely injects SQL (AV:N/AC:L); blind read of DB gives C:H with limited I:L, and SQLi stays within the database so S:U, not S:C.
Primary rating from Vendor (patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: patchstack
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite modern-events-calendar-lite allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Modern Events Calendar Lite: from n/a before 7.37.0.
Executive ViewAI
A high-severity blind SQL injection flaw in the Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite plugin (all versions before 7.37.0) allows anyone holding a valid low-privilege account on an affected WordPress site - such as a self-registered subscriber - to read arbitrary data from the site's database, including potentially customer records and credential material. Any business unit operating public-facing WordPress sites with this plugin and open registration is in scope, and while no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, the low skill barrier and wide deployment of the plugin make this a credible near-term target. Leadership should care because the primary loss is confidentiality of data the organization is entrusted to protect, with regulatory and reputational exposure that is disproportionate to the plugin's apparent low criticality.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, so apply interim mitigations: deactivate or remove the affected plugin where the calendar is not business-critical; otherwise disable open registration and limit accounts to the minimum roles required; remove dormant or unnecessary low-privilege accounts; enforce WAF virtual patching rules that detect and block SQL injection attempts against the plugin's endpoints; enable database activity monitoring and alerting for anomalous queries from the web tier; and rotate credentials and authentication salts on any site where a low-privilege account is suspected of compromise.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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