CVE-2019-16523
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
16/10/2019
Last modified:
17/06/2026
Description
The events-manager plugin through 5.9.5 for WordPress (aka Events Manager) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the attribute map_style of shortcodes (locations_map and events_map) provided by the plugin.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
3.50
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pixelite:events_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 5.9.5 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manager
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9916
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manager
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9916



