Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-5540

6.4MEDIUM

What is CVE-2025-5540?

The Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to execute arbitrary scripts on affected pages. This weakness stems from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping related to the plugin's 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode, potentially leading to unauthorized data exposure and manipulation whenever users access the compromised pages.

Affected Version(s)

Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin * <= 4.1.0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

muhammad yudha
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CVE-2025-5540 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin for WordPress