theeventscalendar Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.4 on WordPress tribe_has_next_event order sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in theeventscalendar Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.4 on WordPress. Affected is the function tribe_has_next_event. This manipulation of the argument order causes sql injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8275. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in theeventscalendar Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function tribe_has_next_event. The manipulation of the argument order with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'order' parameter of the 'tribe_has_next_event' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Only sites that have manually added tribe_has_next_event() will be vulnerable to this SQL injection.

The weakness was released by Friderika Baranyai. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8275 since 08/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/03/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Calendar Software

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• theeventscalendar

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• Events Calendar Plugin

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• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4

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