CVE-2024-8701 Event Calendar <= 1.0.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Events Calendar plugin, bypassing multisite restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8701?
CVE-2024-8701 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown events-calendar, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The events-calendar WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8701?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Snumb130 Events Calendar.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8701?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8701 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-2024-8701 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8701 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m7hp-64f5-g5fr.