Eventon
CVE-2024-0233
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 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in pages, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. 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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Technical ContextAI · show details
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. The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in pages, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin Affected products include: Myeventon Eventon. Version information: before 4.5.5.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in pages, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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)NVD
The EventON plugin through 3.0.5 for WordPress allows addons/?q= XSS via the search field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high pri
Unauthenticated SQL injection in the EventON WordPress Virtual Event Calendar plugin (versions through 5.0.11) lets remo
The EventON WordPress plugin before 4.5.5, EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 do not have authorisation in an AJAX ac
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not validate that the event_id parameter in its eventon_ics_download ajax
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 lacks authentication and authorization in its eventon_ics_download ajax action
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2.17 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high pri
The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privil
Unauthenticated SQL injection in the EventON - Subscriber WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 1.4.5) allo
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery i
The EventON - WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery i
GitHub PoC
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