PT-2022-17407 · WordPress · Simple Event Planner

Re-Alter + 1 · Published 2022-03-25 · Updated 2022-06-02 · CVE-2022-25612

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 Simple Event Planner WordPress plugin versions <= 1.5.4

Description The issue allows a user with author or higher user rights to inject malicious code via vulnerable parameters: custom[event organiser], custom[organiser email], and custom[organiser contact]. This is related to Multiple Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For Simple Event Planner WordPress plugin versions <= 1.5.4, update to a version higher than 1.5.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parameters custom[event organiser], custom[organiser email], and custom[organiser contact] to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-25612

Affected Products

Simple Event Planner

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25612 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25612 · Vendor Advisory
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-event-planner/wordpress-simple-event-planner-plugin-1-5-4-multiple-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-event-planner/#developers · Note