Events Manager <= 5.9.5 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2019-16523
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 16, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tobias Fink

Description

The events-manager plugin through 5.9.5 for WordPress (aka Events Manager) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the attribute map_style of shortcodes (locations_map and events_map) provided by the plugin.

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Vulnerability Details for Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug events-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.9.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.5
Patched Version
  • 5.9.6

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