CVE-2023-6046

EventON < 2.2 - Admin+ Stored HTML Injection

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Published Jan 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored HTML Injection attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

EventON

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:myeventon:eventon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58303	The EventON WordPress plugin before 2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored HTML Injection attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.430% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97f1d403-ae96-4c90-8d47-9822f4d68033/

History

Jun 13, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Myeventon Eventon

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 13, 2025, 7:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 3:54 PM
Updated: Jun 13, 2025, 7:10 PM
Reserved: Nov 9, 2023, 3:06 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:21 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:21 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

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