cve/2024/CVE-2024-8493.md

### [CVE-2024-8493](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8493)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=The%20Events%20Calendar&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brightgreen)

### Description

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.6.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/561b3185-501a-4a75-b880-226b159c0431/

#### Github
- https://github.com/20142995/nuclei-templates
- https://github.com/cyb3r-w0lf/nuclei-template-collection