CVE-2024-0614 Events Manager <= 6.4.6.4 - Authenticated(Administator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Administrators can inject scripts into Events Manager settings, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0614?

CVE-2024-0614 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Events Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0614?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pixelite Events Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0614?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0614 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-0614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cq96-g7rw-4595.

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