PT-2018-18784 · WordPress · Events Manager

Luigi Gubello · Published 2018-03-26 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2018-9020

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Events Manager plugin versions prior to 5.8.1.2

Description The issue allows for XSS via the mapTitle parameter in the Google Maps miniature within the events-manager.js file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.8.1.2, update to version 5.8.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the events-manager.js file or avoiding the use of the mapTitle parameter in the Google Maps miniature until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9020

Affected Products

Events Manager

References · 7

• 🔥 https://gubello.me/blog/events-manager-authenticated-stored-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9020 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97413 · Telegram Post
• http://wp-events-plugin.com/blog/2018/01/15/events-manager-5-8-1-2-security-release · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers · Note
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=40d7uXl36O4 · Note