CVE-2019-16523
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.4)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.24%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 68
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- 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
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