CVE-2019-16523

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

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El plugin events-manager versiones hasta 5.9.5 para WordPress (también se conoce como Events Manager), es susceptible a una vulnerabilidad de tipo XSS almacenado debido a la codificación e inserción inapropiada de los datos proporcionados en el atributo map_style de los shortcodes (locations_map y events_map) proporcionados por el plugin.

*Credits: Tobias Fink

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-09-19 CVE Reserved
2019-10-16 CVE Published
2023-07-03 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers	Product
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9916	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4	2024-08-05
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manager	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wp-events-plugin Search vendor "Wp-events-plugin"		Events Manager Search vendor "Wp-events-plugin" for product "Events Manager"				<= 5.9.5 Search vendor "Wp-events-plugin" for product "Events Manager" and version " <= 5.9.5"		wordpress		Affected