Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-1400Modern Events Calendar lite < 6.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Modern Events Calendar Lite from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin before 6.5.2 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 | Modern Events Calendar Lite | 0 – before 6.5.2. |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7feceef-28f1-4cac-b124-4b95e3f17b07 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description