#VU21920 Stored cross-site scripting in Events Manager WordPress Plugin - CVE-2019-16523
Published: October 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21920
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16523
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Events Manager WordPress Plugin
Events Manager WordPress Plugin
Software vendor:
Marcus Sykes
Marcus Sykes
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the "map_style" attribute of shortcodes ("locations_map" and "events_map"). A remote authenticated attacker can permanently inject 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.