CVE-2024-12118

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Event Calendar Link Widget through the html_tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.8.1/src/Events/Integrations/Plugins/Elementor/Widgets/Event_Calendar_Link.php#L90	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3227009/the-events-calendar/tags/6.9.1/src/views/integrations/elementor/widgets/event-calendar-link.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d67de4f2-b680-49f8-be95-c2464b70f7d0?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:theeventscalendar:the_events_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-23 12:15

Updated : 2025-01-31 16:12

NVD link : CVE-2024-12118

Mitre link : CVE-2024-12118

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-12118

JSON object : View

Products Affected

theeventscalendar

the_events_calendar

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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