CVE-2023-52142

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52142 is an SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Cool Plugins Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar versions up to and including 2.3.1. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion, the vulnerability presents a significant risk to affected systems.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.3.1CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:coolplugins:events_shortcodes_for_the_events_calendar::::::wordpress::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

4.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.54%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

42.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/template-events-calendar/wordpress-events-shortcodes-for-the-events-calendar-plugin-2-3-1-sql-injection-vulnerability

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