Modern Events Calendar Lite <= 5.16.4 — Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to Remote Code Execution
CVE-2021-24145Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.16.4Update to 5.16.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Modern Events Calendar Lite modern-events-calendar-lite
- Affected≤ 5.16.4
- Patched in5.16.5
Update to 5.16.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.16.4. Version 5.16.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Modern Events Calendar Lite.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 5.16.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Modern Events Calendar Lite to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguyen Van Khanh.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via mec_fes_csv_export <7.37.0Update to 7.37.0 | CVE-2026-96534 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection <7.37.0Update to 7.37.0 | CVE-2026-102499 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure ≤7.36.0Update to 7.37.0 | CVE-2026-110069 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤7.36.3Update to 7.36.4 | CVE-2026-110070 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤7.36.0Update to 7.37.0 | — |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via mec_fes_csv_export
<7.37.0Update to 7.37.0
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
<7.37.0Update to 7.37.0
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
≤7.36.0Update to 7.37.0
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤7.36.3Update to 7.36.4
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤7.36.0Update to 7.37.0
Same weakness (Arbitrary File Upload)
All Arbitrary File Upload| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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