CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-16523

The events-manager plugin through 5.9.5 for WordPress (aka Events Manager) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the attribute map_style of shortcodes (locations_map and events_map) provided by the plugin.

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers Product Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manager Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9916 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4 Exploit Mailing List
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wp-events-plugin:events_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-10-16 03:15

Updated : 2019-10-18 08:25

NVD link : CVE-2019-16523

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16523

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79