CVE-2024-3492 Cross-site scripting in Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

Medium 6.4 Published 12 Jun 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcodes, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-3492?

CVE-2024-3492 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!, published on 12 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'event', 'location', and 'event_category' shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3492?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pixelite Events Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3492 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-2024-3492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9267-324r-qccw.