Summary
CVE-2026-73339 is an unauthenticated SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in the Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugin, developed by Webnus Inc., affecting all versions prior to 7.35.0. The flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject SQL through the plugin without any prior access to the WordPress site, and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (Critical).
Technical details
- Root cause: improper neutralization of special elements in an SQL command (SQL Injection, CWE-89) within the Modern Events Calendar plugin’s handling of input passed into database queries.
- Trigger conditions: the vulnerability is exploitable without authentication and without any user interaction, over the network.
- Attack vector: Network (AV:N), low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction — consistent with a blind SQL injection (CAPEC-7).
- Impact: high confidentiality impact and low availability impact, with a changed scope, indicating data exposure beyond the vulnerable component itself (e.g., database contents accessible to the attacker).
Affected software
- Modern Events Calendar (Webnus Inc.) — all versions prior to 7.35.0.
- Fixed in version 7.35.0.
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.3 (Critical)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Update the Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugin to version 7.35.0 or later.
- If immediate patching is not possible: restrict or monitor direct access to the plugin’s front-end endpoints, deploy a web application firewall rule to detect SQL injection payloads, and audit site/database logs for anomalous query behavior until the update can be applied.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/wp-content/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/,/wp-content/plugins/modern-events-calendar/

