PT-2021-11709 · WordPress · Events Manager

Jakob Wierzba · Published 2021-12-01 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2020-35037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Events Manager WordPress plugin versions prior to 5.9.8

Description: The issue is related to the Events Manager WordPress plugin, where some search parameters are not properly sanitized and escaped before being output on pages. This could lead to Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 5.9.8, update to version 5.9.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to search functionality until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-35037

Affected Products

Events Manager

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/937b9bdb-7e8e-4ea8-82ec-aa5f6bd70619 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2336019/events-manager · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35037 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24178 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24072 · Telegram Post