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Modern Events Calendar EUVDEUVD-2026-107049

| CVE-2026-102499 HIGH
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-10-21 WPScan GHSA-rxf7-qp8j-cx93
7.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register or use Subscriber-level account
  2. Exploit
    Send request with malicious parameter
  3. Execution
    Inject appended SQL into existing query
  4. Impact
    Extract sensitive data from database

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

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with Subscriber-level privileges or higher on a WordPress site running Modern Events Calendar Lite or Modern Event Calendar Pro before version 7.37.0 (CVSS PR:L). The primary limiting factor is this authentication requirement: the attack is only trivially scalable on sites that allow open/self-service user registration (common for event, membership, and community sites) - on sites with closed registration the attacker must first obtain valid low-privilege credentials. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and no special non-default plugin configuration is named in the description; the vulnerable code path is the unsanitised parameter used directly in a SQL statement. Impact is limited to confidentiality (reading database data); the description claims no data modification or availability impact.

Impact

This is a genuine, actionable priority for sites running the affected plugins, though not a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity SQL injection (CWE-89) requiring only Subscriber-level authentication - a very low bar on WordPress sites that permit open user registration, which is common for membership, event, and community sites. Publicly available exploit code (WPScan) meaningfully raises the practical exploitation likelihood, but this is NOT confirmed active exploitation: the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so per precision rules the status is 'publicly available exploit code exists,' which is distinct from in-the-wild use. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified here. The S:C (scope changed) and C:H/I:N/A:N impact reflect read-only data exfiltration from the backend database (credentials, hashes, PII, secret keys) with no claimed integrity or availability impact. Net: patch promptly, especially where public registration is enabled, but this is a credentialed data-disclosure flaw rather than an unauthenticated RCE. One signal to verify: the vendor rated scope as changed (S:C), which is atypical for a data-read-only SQLi and inflates the score - see assessed vector below.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a free Subscriber account on a WordPress site running Modern Events Calendar Lite or Pro below 7.37.0 (or uses any existing low-privilege account). They send a request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint with a crafted value in the unsanitised parameter, appending a UNION-based or stacked SQL query to the plugin's existing statement to read arbitrary database contents such as user password hashes and secret keys. A public exploit/proof-of-concept is already available from WPScan, lowering the skill required to carry this out.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Authenticated SQL injection in the Modern Events Calendar Lite and Modern Event Calendar Pro WordPress plugins before version 7.37.0 allows any logged-in user with Subscriber-level access or higher to append additional SQL clauses to an existing query and read sensitive data from the site's database. Only confidentiality is affected - the vulnerable code path provides no route to modify or delete data, and no user interaction is needed (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N per independent assessment). Publicly available exploit code exists, and the practical blast radius is largest on event, membership and community sites that permit open or self-service registration, where an attacker can simply sign up for a low-privilege account.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Modern Events Calendar Lite and Modern Event Calendar Pro to version 7.37.0 or later - this is a vendor-released patch and the only complete fix, since the injection exists in the plugin's own query construction and no configuration toggle removes it; confirm the update completed because WordPress auto-updates can silently fail on plugins with modified files or license-gated Pro editions, and apply it to the Pro edition separately if it is bundled or licensed outside wp.org. Where patching must be delayed, restrict account creation by disabling 'Anyone can register' in Settings > General and removing public-facing registration and membership shortcodes, which closes the Subscriber foothold path at the cost of blocking legitimate self-service signups; audit existing Subscriber, Contributor and Author accounts for unexpected or recently created users and remove any that are not verifiable, since a pre-existing low-privilege account is enough to exploit the flaw. As a stopgap, deploy virtual patching at the WAF or reverse-proxy layer that blocks SQL metacharacters and UNION/comment sequences in requests targeting the plugin's endpoints, understanding that generic SQLi signatures may cause false positives on legitimate event search and filter parameters and that WAF coverage is bypassable with encoding tricks. The advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/adf388fb-21c9-4310-95b3-b9065ca51480/ should be monitored for any revision to the fixed version, and if the plugin cannot be updated at all, deactivating it until a maintenance window is available is preferable to leaving an authenticated SQL injection reachable by every registered user.

Affected VersionsENISA

Modern Events Calendar Lite 0 <7.37.0
Modern Event Calendar Pro 0 <7.37.0

Affected Packages

euvd modern_event_calendar_pro fix: 7.37.0
euvd modern_events_calendar_lite fix: 7.37.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-89 improper neutralization of special elements in an SQL statement: a request parameter handled by the Modern Events Calendar plugin is neither sanitised nor escaped before being concatenated into a query executed against the WordPress database (typically through the $wpdb abstraction layer). Because the injection point sits behind a capability check that Subscriber-level accounts already satisfy, the trust boundary that normally protects administrative AJAX/REST handlers is absent, letting a low-privilege user reshape the query with UNION-style or boolean/stacked payloads and pivot to data in other WordPress tables such as wp_users and wp_usermeta. The affected code is shipped in both the Lite and Pro editions, which share the vulnerable query construction; CPE records list both packages with wildcard version ranges, while EUVD pins the fixed boundary at 7.37.0. The plugin is event-management software widely deployed on WordPress sites, so the population of exposed installations includes many that deliberately allow public account creation.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 7.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network, low-complexity SQLi needing Subscriber auth so PR:L; read-only data extraction gives C:H, I:N, A:N; scope kept Unchanged (S:U) as it reads the app's own database without crossing a security authority.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
7.7 (HIGH)
Patch available
Oct 21, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 7.7
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 7.37.0, Modern Event Calendar Pro WordPress plugin before 7.37.0 do not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, which allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries and extract sensitive data from the database.

Technical POC Analysis

CWE-89 (SQL Injection), classic string-concatenation injection inside a WordPress plugin AJAX handler.

Full technical POC analysis - root cause, step-by-step exploitation and patch breakdown - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Modern Events Calendar Lite and Pro versions before 7.37.0 allow any logged-in Subscriber-level user to read sensitive database contents, and publicly available exploit code exists. The greatest business exposure is on event, membership, and community WordPress sites that permit open or self-service registration, where an attacker can create a low-privilege account and access customer or member data. Leadership should prioritize this because the flaw affects confidentiality of site data and could require incident assessment if exploited.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress events-calendar plugin, widely installed but not universal
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

58
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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