Community Events Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress ce_venue_name cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Community Events Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument ce_venue_name results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-1649. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Community Events Plugin up to 1.5.7 on WordPress. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument ce_venue_name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ce_venue_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-1649. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. 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.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Community Events Plugin

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• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7

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