CVE-2024-37518 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37518: WordPress The Events Calendar plugin <= 6.5.1.4 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Stellarwp

Product The Events Calendar

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 2, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in StellarWP The Events Calendar the-events-calendar allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects The Events Calendar: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Events Calendar for WordPress contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in versions up to 6.5.1.4. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data through a logged-in admin's browser without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged into WordPress and visit an attacker-controlled page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37518 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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