Medium severity · published Dec 18, 2025
CVE-2025-12976
Events Manager <= 7.2.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'events_list_grouped' Shortcode
6.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'events_list_grouped' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! · netweblogic
through 7.2.2.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
EM
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
netweblogic
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12976
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12976
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.2.2.1/classes/em-events.php#L423
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.2.2.1/em-functions.php#L933
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.2.2.1/em-shortcode.php#L119
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.2.2.1/templates/templates/events-list-grouped.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3413776/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17e853b2-c7ab-478c-9c89-d8e3a42d1a42?source=cve
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