WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

EventON < 2.2.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high-privilege users such as admin.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
eventon-lite
Fixed in 2.2.3

References

CVE
CVE-2023-4635
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/eventon-lite/eventon-222-reflected-cross-site-scripting

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
7.1 (high)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Shuning Xu
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
009f9118-8d88-46b6-b4a7-538717270c24

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-10-20 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-10-26 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-12-05 (about 2 years ago)

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