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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-24145

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.

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CVE-2021-24145
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1 Nov 2026, 07:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-24145

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Mar 2021, 15:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2021-24145
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24145",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-24145",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-24145",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "2cf923ae6ac8957825b179a850fc8e41fac98bc9"
                }
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            "5.11.0",
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            "5.9.0",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-24145.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.779380500Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f42cc26b-9aab-4824-8168-b5b8571d1610"
      ],
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    },
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439621,
  "published_at": "2021-03-18T15:15:15.4+00:00"
}