CVE-2023-7170 — The EventON-RSVP WordPress plugin before 2

The EventON-RSVP WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

01What is this vulnerability?

The EventON-RSVP WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	EventON	RSVP — 0

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: 2024-01-22T19:14:23.385Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-30T14:22:25.314Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/218fb3af-3a40-486f-8ea9-80211a986fb3/