Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-8701Event Calendar <= 1.0.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in events-calendar from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The events-calendar WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | events-calendar | 0 – through 1.0.4 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/707d4b5b-8efe-4010-ba7d-80538545a2d5/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description