What is CVE-2018-18872?

CVE-2018-18872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kieranoshea Calendar, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-18872?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-18872 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Kieranoshea Calendar

CVE-2018-18872

The Kieran O'Shea Calendar plugin before 1.3.11 for WordPress has Stored XSS via the event_title parameter in a wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar add action, or the category name during category creation at the wp-admin/admin.php?page=calendar-categories URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kieranoshea Calendar
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18872?: CVE-2018-18872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kieranoshea Calendar, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-18872?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-18872 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.