PT-2024-16101 · WordPress · Event Post Plugin

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-11-06 · Updated 2024-11-08 · CVE-2024-10186

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Event post plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.9.6

Description The Event post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's events cal shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.9.6, update to the latest version available to secure the site and prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the events cal shortcode until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10186

Affected Products

Event Post Plugin

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10186 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1854386846299795530 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3ae1c32-18a7-4109-a7ea-dfd18fa3a8e2?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1854209411062824993 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-post/#developers · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1854147083864797214 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10004 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3182549 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/100787 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1854386856663859339 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1854386865350300158 · Twitter Post