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TI-2026-78589 Aliases CVE-2026-102499GHSA-rxf7-qp8j-cx93

SQL injection in Modern Events Calendar plugins via mec_attendees AJAX action

Priority LOW 34CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

The Modern Events Calendar Lite and Modern Event Calendar Pro WordPress plugins before 7.37.0 do not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement. An authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or above can append additional SQL queries to existing queries and extract sensitive data from the database. This is SQL injection (CWE-89), and exploit details are linked in the references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00366 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Modern Events Calendar Lite (Unknown): 7.37.0Modern Event Calendar Pro (Unknown): 7.37.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownModern Events Calendar Litebefore 7.37.07.37.0Patch availableCNA
UnknownModern Event Calendar Probefore 7.37.07.37.0Patch availableCNA
  • Modern Events Calendar Lite VendorUnknown Affected before 7.37.0 Fixed in 7.37.0 Patch available CNA
  • Modern Event Calendar Pro VendorUnknown Affected before 7.37.0 Fixed in 7.37.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update Modern Events Calendar Lite and Modern Event Calendar Pro to version 7.37.0.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA Modern Events Calendar Lite (Unknown) Fixed in 7.37.0
  • Fix · CNA Modern Event Calendar Pro (Unknown) Fixed in 7.37.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102499
  2. 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-rxf7-qp8j-cx93

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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