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WordPress Plugin: wp-event-manager: CVE-2023-49181: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

Nov 29, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 4, 2026

Description

The WP Event Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.1.41 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Solution

wp-event-manager-plugin-cve-2023-49181

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49181
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f25b2a4b-d863-4f24-ae67-4c8e41602c6f?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-53186
CVE-2023-49181
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-49181
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2023-53186

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