Stored cross-site scripting in Events Manager WordPress Plugin - CVE-2018-9020
Published: March 26, 2018 / Updated: October 2, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14723
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9020
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Marcus Sykes
Affected software:
Events Manager WordPress Plugin
Events Manager WordPress Plugin
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the events-manager.js mapTitle parameter in the Google Maps miniature. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9020
Install update from vendor's website.