RULE(RULE ID:333865)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2021-07-27
Rule Name: Wordpress Plugin Modern Events Calendar Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2021-24145)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Arbitrary file upload in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5, did not properly check the imported file, allowing PHP ones to be uploaded by administrator by using the 'text/csv' content-type in the request.
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163346/WordPress-Modern-Events-Calendar-5.16.2-Shell-Upload.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163672/WordPress-Modern-Events-Calendar-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f42cc26b-9aab-4824-8168-b5b8571d1610
Solutions
The vendor has released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://wordpress.org/