---
id: "CVE-2026-102499"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-102499"]
title: "Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugins: SQL injection lets subscribers read database"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.7
epss: 0.00282
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wordpress-plugins"]
not_affected_if: ["no-subscriber-accounts", "plugin-on-7.37.0-or-later", "registration-closed"]
published_at: "2026-10-21T06:16:45+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:10:32+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102499", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-102499", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T13:15:55+00:00"}]
---

# Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugins: SQL injection lets subscribers read database

The Modern Events Calendar Lite and Pro WordPress plugins before 7.37.0 pass a parameter into a SQL statement without sanitising or escaping it. A logged-in user with Subscriber access or higher can append their own SQL queries and extract sensitive data from the site database.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get modern-events-calendar-lite --field=version` and `wp plugin get modern-events-calendar --field=version`
- Check whether Modern Event Calendar Pro is installed alongside the Lite plugin

## Fix

- Update Modern Events Calendar Lite and Modern Event Calendar Pro to `7.37.0` or later
- Review subscriber accounts for anything unexpected if the site ran an older version

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102499
- 2026-10-24T13:15:55+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-102499

## From the sources

The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 7.37.0, Modern Event Calendar Pro WordPress plugin before 7.37.0 do not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, which allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries and extract sensitive data from the database.

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