cve/2019/CVE-2019-16523.md

### [CVE-2019-16523](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16523)
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### Description

The events-manager plugin through 5.9.5 for WordPress (aka Events Manager) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the attribute map_style of shortcodes (locations_map and events_map) provided by the plugin.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/4
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-03_WordPress_Plugin_Events_Manager
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9916

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/SexyBeast233/SecBooks