Medium severity · published Aug 13, 2019
CVE-2015-9297
The events-manager plugin before 5.6 for WordPress has XSS
6.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The events-manager plugin before 5.6 for WordPress has XSS.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Events Manager · Pixelite
before 5.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9297
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9297
Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers
Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9761
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