CVE-2019-16523

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile

Published

2019-10-16

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4
• sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manag…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-5243
• CVE-2015-8299
• CVE-2018-13982
• CVE-2018-17532
• CVE-2018-17533
• CVE-2018-17534