CVE-2020-35037 (GCVE-0-2020-35037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-01 22:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:55
VLAI
Title
Events Manager < 5.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not sanitise and escape some search parameter before outputing them in pages, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting issues
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Events Manager Affected: 5.9.8 , < 5.9.8 (custom)
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Credits
Jakob Wierzba
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