Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.3 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.3 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-8493. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.6.3 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.6.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8493 since 09/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15219). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

09/05/2024 🔍
03/25/2025 +201 days 🔍
03/25/2025 +0 days 🔍
05/17/2025 +53 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-8493 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8493
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-301130
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2025 08:06
Updated: 05/17/2025 15:58
Changes: 03/25/2025 08:06 (52), 05/17/2025 14:09 (1), 05/17/2025 15:58 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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