WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Event Manager < 3.1.28 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape its search before outputting it back in an attribute on the event dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-event-manager
Fixed in 3.1.28

References

CVE
CVE-2022-1474

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Utkarsh Agrawal
Submitter
Utkarsh Agrawal
Submitter website
https://smart7.in
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
2d821464-c502-4f71-afee-97b3dea16612

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-06-20 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-06-20 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-23 (about 2 years ago)

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