What is CVE-2020-9459?

CVE-2020-9459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-9459?

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

Is CVE-2020-9459 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite

CVE-2020-9459

Multiple Stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite plugin through 5.1.6 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users (with minimal permissions) to inject arbitrary JavaScript, HTML, or CSS via Ajax actions. This affects mec_save_notifications and import_settings.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9459?: CVE-2020-9459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webnus Modern Events Calendar Lite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-9459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-9459 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.