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WordPress Plugin: modern-events-calendar-lite: CVE-2021-24147: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 29, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5, did not sanitise the mic_comment field (Notes on time) when adding/editing an event, allowing users with privilege as low as author to add events with a Cross-Site Scripting payload in them, which will be triggered in the frontend when viewing the event.

Solution

modern-events-calendar-lite-plugin-cve-2021-24147
Title
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