CVE-2022-1474: The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin before 3.1.28 does not sanitise and escape its search before outputting it back in an attribute on the event dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scriptin

medium Affects wp-event-manager (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-07-11; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin before 3.1.28 does not sanitise and escape its search before outputting it back in an attribute on the event dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scriptin

Package: wp-event-manager (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.1.28
Fixed in: 3.1.28
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (58.0th percentile)
Published: 2022-07-11
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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