Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-12118
CVE-2024-12118
Description
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Event Calendar Link Widget through the html_tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.0 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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:theeventscalendar:the_events_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <6.9.1
- Range: <=6.9.0
- Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3227009/the-events-calendar/tags/6.9.1/src/views/integrations/elementor/widgets/event-calendar-link.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d67de4f2-b680-49f8-be95-c2464b70f7d0nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.8.1/src/Events/Integrations/Plugins/Elementor/Widgets/Event_Calendar_Link.phpnvdProduct
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