PT-2025-21532 · WordPress · Events Calendar

Bob Matyas · Published 2025-05-15 · Updated 2025-06-12 · CVE-2024-8701

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: events-calendar WordPress plugin versions 1.0.4 and earlier

Description: The issue concerns the events-calendar WordPress plugin, which does not properly sanitise and escape some of its settings. This could allow high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is possible even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup.

Recommendations: For events-calendar WordPress plugin versions 1.0.4 and earlier, update to a version that addresses this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8701

Affected Products

Events Calendar

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/707d4b5b-8efe-4010-ba7d-80538545a2d5 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8701 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125510 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1923119302372360618 · Twitter Post