XSS in Netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, And More!
CVE-2026-17089
The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'header_format' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The shortcode entry point sanitizes 'header_format' via wp_kses(), but the unauthenticated 'search_events_grouped' AJAX action bypasses this sanitization entirely, leaving the parameter unsanitized before it is echoed into the HTML body in output_grouped().
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-17089?
- CVE-2026-17089 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, And More!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-17089?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.