CVE-2024-5889 Events Manager <= 6.4.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the country parameter, executing code in victim browsers if they click a crafted link.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5889?
CVE-2024-5889 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!, published on 29 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘country’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5889?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pixelite Events Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5889?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5889 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-2024-5889 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5889 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
- CVE-2015-9298 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2025-6970 Events Manager <= 7.0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `orderby` Parameter
- CVE-2024-11260 SQL injection in Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
- CVE-2020-35012 Events Manager < 5.9.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection
- CVE-2023-48326 WordPress Events Manager Plugin <= 6.4.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m59m-p56m-7mgm.