Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0976WP Event Manager <= 3.1.41 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via plugin
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce from wpeventmanager. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.41 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpeventmanager | WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce | 0 – through 3.1.41 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d7f4d17-8318-4ab3-b4a2-81d7a017c397?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-event-manager/trunk/admin/wp-event-manager-shortcode-list.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3039683/wp-event-manager/trunk/admin/wp-event-manager-shortcode-list.php