CVE-2020-35037: Events Manager < 5.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not sanitise and escape some search parameter before outputing them in pages, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting issues

Affected products

netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!: before 5.9.8 — fixed in 5.9.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! 5.9.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2336019/events-manager
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/937b9bdb-7e8e-4ea8-82ec-aa5f6bd70619
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2336019/events-manager
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/937b9bdb-7e8e-4ea8-82ec-aa5f6bd70619

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