CVE-2021-24145

HIGH NUCLEI LAB

Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite < 5.16.5 - Unrestricted File Upload

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ron Jost · pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50082
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by dnr6419 · poc
https://github.com/dnr6419/CVE-2021-24145
metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by Nguyen Van Khanh, Ron Jost · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce.rb

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Modern Events Calendar Lite <5.16.5 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
HIGHVERIFIEDby theamanrawat

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.9130
EPSS Percentile 99.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull wordpress:5.7.0-php7.4-apache

Details

CWE
CWE-434
Status published
Products (1)
webnus/modern_events_calendar_lite < 5.16.5
Published Mar 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026