The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Event Calendar Link Widget through the html_tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2024-12118 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin The Events Calendar. It affects Versions up to 6.9.0 and is fixed in 6.9.1.
CVE-2024-12118 is tracked for the Plugin The Events Calendar as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 6.9.0. Update The Events Calendar to 6.9.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
the-events-calendar
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-12118 |
| Patched Versions |
6.9.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 6.9.0
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
The Events Calendar <= 6.6.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
The Events Calendar <= 6.15.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via ajax_create_import
The Events Calendar 6.15.1.1 - 6.15.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via s
The Events Calendar <= 6.15.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
The Events Calendar <= 6.6.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Events Calendar <= 6.13.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Events Calendar <= 6.4.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Events Calendar <= 4.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via tribe_paged Parameter
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