The Events Calendar <= 6.13.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability Description
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-date-*’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 6.13.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Asaf Mozes
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56822fe5-352c-4269-9fab-d8c796362b74?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.12.0.1/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js
- https://github.com/uxsolutions/bootstrap-datepicker/blob/master/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js#L131
- https://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html#data-api
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.13.0/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3307301/
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