Modern Events Calendar Lite <= 5.16.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
| CVE | CVE-2021-24147 |
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| CVSS | 6.4 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | January 29, 2021 |
| Last Updated | December 5, 2022 |
| Researcher |
Nguyen Van Khanh
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Description
Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5, did not sanitise the mic_comment field (Notes on time) when adding/editing an event, allowing users with privilege as low as author to add events with a Cross-Site Scripting payload in them, which will be triggered in the frontend when viewing the event.
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Vulnerability Details for Modern Events Calendar Lite
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug | modern-events-calendar-lite |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 5.16.5, or a newer patched version |
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