CVE-2018-13137 — The Events Manager plugin 5

The Events Manager plugin 5.9.4 for WordPress has XSS via the dbem_event_reapproved_email_body parameter to the wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options URI.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Events Manager plugin 5.9.4 for WordPress has XSS via the dbem_event_reapproved_email_body parameter to the wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options URI.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-12T17:52:07.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:52:50.524Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#developers
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/ansarisec/12737c207c0851d52865ed60c08891b7
• ansawaf.blogspot.com — https://ansawaf.blogspot.com/2019/04/cve-2018-13137-xss-in-events-manager.html
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9612