WP-Cal plugin for WordPress editevent.php SQL injection

wpcal-editevent-sql-injection (39966) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

WP-Cal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the editevent.php script using the id parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • WordPress, WP-Cal plugin for WordPress 0.3

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • Fahlstad.se Web site, WP-Cal, Wordpress calendar plugin at http://www.fahlstad.se/wp-plugins/wp-cal/.
  • BID-27465: WordPress Plugin WP-Cal SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-0490: SQL injection vulnerability in functions/editevent.php in the WP-Cal 0.3 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter.
  • SA28683: WordPress WP-Cal Plugin "id" SQL Injection
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0348: WP-Cal Plugin for WordPress id SQL Query Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Jan 27, 2008

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