CVE-2024-9864 EventPrime – Modern Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets <= 4.0.4.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via ticket names in EventPrime plugin, executing code when users view pages.

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-2024-9864?

CVE-2024-9864 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in metagauss EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets, published on 24 Oct 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 EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ticket names in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when front-end users can submit new events with tickets.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9864?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Metagauss Eventprime.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9864?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9864 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-2024-9864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-55gg-5hf5-7f4j.

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