Community Event < 1.4.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00827 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Community Events (Unknown): 1.4.8
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Community Events | 1.4.8 to before 1.4.8 | 1.4.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Community Events VendorUnknown Affected 1.4.8 to before 1.4.8 Fixed in 1.4.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:community_events_project:community_events:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.4.8 | Vulnerable | Community Events Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:community_events_project:community_events:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.4.8 Vulnerable ·Community Events Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Community Events (Unknown) Fixed in 1.4.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24496
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g3p-ghhv-vpv9
References
More Community Events Project Community Events vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05818 Community Events < 1.5 - Event Deletion via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-05817 Community Events < 1.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2015-02928 SQL injection vulnerability in WordPress Community Events plugin before 1.4. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22031 WordPress Community Events Plugin <= 1.4.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-24496 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24496 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9g3p-ghhv-vpv9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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