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CVE-2021-24810: WP Event Manager < 3.1.23 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin before 3.1.23 does not escape some of its Field Editor settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• wpeventmanager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce: before 3.1.23 — fixed in 3.1.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpeventmanager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 3.1.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/94670822-0251-4e77-8d7f-b47aa7232e52
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/94670822-0251-4e77-8d7f-b47aa7232e52

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