Event Calendar WD up to 1.1.21 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Event Calendar WD up to 1.1.21. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-16164. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Event Calendar WD up to 1.1.21 (Calendar Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Event Calendar WD version 1.1.21 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2017. The weakness was published 01/09/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-16164 since 08/30/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 568 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Calendar Software

Name

• Event Calendar WD

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15
• 1.1.16
• 1.1.17
• 1.1.18
• 1.1.19
• 1.1.20
• 1.1.21

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