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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-8493

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-Si

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 17, 2025 · Unknown The Events Calendar

Check this week

CVE-2024-8493 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown The Events Calendar.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
36.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown The Events Calendar 0 <6.6.4

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).

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown The Events Calendar 0 <6.6.40 <6.6.4

How to fix CVE-2024-8493

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-8493 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown The Events Calendar.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown The Events Calendar 0 <6.6.4 0 <6.6.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 36.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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).

  2. May 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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).

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8493

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15219

    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 multisit

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.