Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Events Calendar Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-10703

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Registrations For The Events Calendar
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

A security vulnerability exists in the Events Calendar plugin for WordPress, where insufficient sanitization and escaping of certain settings allow high privilege users, such as administrators, to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability can compromise the security of WordPress sites, especially in multisite configurations where unfiltered_html capability is restricted, potentially enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts that could execute in the context of other users.

Affected Version(s)

Registrations for the Events Calendar 0 < 2.13.4

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-10703 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5601ac03-09e4-4b4e-b03e-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krugov Artyom
WPScan
.