Kieran O'Shea Calendar Plugin up to 1.3.10 on WordPress admin.php?page=calendar event_title parameter Stored cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Kieran O'Shea Calendar Plugin up to 1.3.10 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar. The manipulation of the argument event_title parameter as part of Parameter leads to cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-18872. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kieran O'Shea Calendar Plugin up to 1.3.10 on WordPress (Calendar Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar. The manipulation of the argument event_title parameter as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Kieran O'Shea Calendar plugin before 1.3.11 for WordPress has Stored XSS via the event_title parameter in a wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar add action, or the category name during category creation at the wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar-categories URI.

The weakness was released 05/13/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-18872 since 10/31/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.3.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Calendar Plugin 1.3.11

Timelineinfo

10/31/2018 🔍
05/13/2019 +194 days 🔍
05/14/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/15/2023 +1585 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpvulndb.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134621

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2019 07:13
Updated: 09/15/2023 18:29
Changes: 05/14/2019 07:13 (41), 06/09/2020 09:33 (18), 09/15/2023 18:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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