The Events Calendar <= 6.13.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-date-*’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 6.13.2 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p9cf-2mrg-w42q
References
Other 4
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.12.0.1/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js
- https://github.com/uxsolutions/bootstrap-datepicker/blob/master/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js#L131
- https://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html#data-api
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.13.0/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js
More stellarwp The Events Calendar vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-07671 The Events Calendar <= 6.6.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03888 The Events Calendar < 6.4.0.1 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-04952 The Events Calendar < 6.8.2.1 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Event Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-07874 The Events Calendar < 6.6.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-06430 The Events Calendar <= 6.6.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-05697 The Events Calendar < 6.2.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Protected Post Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-5144 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p9cf-2mrg-w42q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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