CVE-2021-24552

HIGH 7.2CVE-2021-24552 · Published 23/08/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24552 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting simple events calendar (simple events calendar project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple events calendar simple_events_calendar_project	`≤ 1.4.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Simple Events Calendar WordPress plugin through 1.4.0 does not sanitise, validate or escape the event_id POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement when deleting events, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue

References

codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-simple-events-calendar · Exploit
wpscan.com/vulnerability/3482a015-a5ed-4913-b516-9eae2b3f89db · Exploit

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