CVE-2025-2799 WP Event Manager <= 3.1.49 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via the tag-name parameter in WP Event Manager, 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-2025-2799?
CVE-2025-2799 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpeventmanager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tag-name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.49 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, 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-2025-2799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wp-Eventmanager Wp Event Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2799 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-2025-2799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpeventmanager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
- CVE-2025-2800 WP Event Manager <= 3.1.50 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'organizer_name'
- CVE-2023-47697 WordPress WP Event Manager Plugin <= 3.1.39 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-52118 WordPress WP User Profile Avatar Plugin <= 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-2691 Cross-site scripting in WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
- CVE-2024-0976 WP Event Manager <= 3.1.41 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via plugin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vw29-qqxx-wc5m.