HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-6931

The Events Calendar vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
17.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via RSVP name field in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected vendor
Stellarwp
Affected product
The Events Calendar
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2024-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 17.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-6931

  • Confirm whether Stellarwp The Events Calendar is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-6931.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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