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WordPress Plugin: event-list: CVE-2017-12068: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 31, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The Event List plugin 0.7.9 for WordPress has XSS in the slug array parameter to wp-admin/admin.php in an el_admin_categories delete_bulk action.

Solution

event-list-plugin-cve-2017-12068
Title
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