Events Manager
CVE-2013-1407
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.31%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Events Manager plugin before 5.3.5 and Events Manager Pro plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Events Manager plugin before 5.3.5 and Events Manager Pro plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) scope parameter to index.php; (2) user_name, (3) dbem_phone, (4) user_email, or (5) booking_comment parameter to an event with registration enabled; or the (6) _wpnonce parameter to wp-admin/edit.php. Affected products include: Netweblogic Events Manager, Netweblogic Events Manager Pro. Version information: before 5.3.5.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Events Manager plugin before 5.3.5 and Events Manager Pro plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) scope parameter to index.php; (2) user_name, (3) dbem_phone, (4) user_email, or (5) booking_comment parameter to an event with registration enabled; or the (6) _wpnonce parameter to wp-admin/edit.php.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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