Plugins · wp-event-manager · data as of 2026-11-04
Is WP Event Manager safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.4.2
- Last updated
- 2026-10-30
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Known issues on record
- 12
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.6+
Lightweight, scalable and full-featured event listings & management plugin for managing events & tickets from the Frontend and Backend. — by WP Event Manager
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.4.2). Anything older than 3.4.2 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get wp-event-manager --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-event-manager updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
12 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.4 CVE-2026-62041 · published 2026-10-09
Missing authorization check in WP Event Manager (3.4.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.2 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ashok Dudhat WP Event Manager wp-event-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Event Manager: from n/a through 3.4.1.
medium 6.1 CVE-2025-2800 · published 2025-07-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.50 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.50 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.51 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘organizer_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.50 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-2799 · published 2025-07-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.49 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.49 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.50 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tag-name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.49 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
high 8.1 CVE-2025-48125 · published 2025-06-09
File inclusion in WP Event Manager (3.1.51 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.51 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.2.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WP Event Manager WP Event Manager wp-event-manager allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WP Event Manager: from n/a through <= 3.1.51.
medium 5.3 CVE-2025-32225 · published 2025-04-04
Missing authorization check in WP Event Manager (3.2.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.2.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.2.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Event Manager WP Event Manager wp-event-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Event Manager: from n/a through <= 3.2.0.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2691 · published 2024-07-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.43 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.43 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.44 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'events' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.43 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-0976 · published 2024-03-13
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.41 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.41 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.42 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.41 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.
NVD CVE-2024-0976Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-49181 · published 2023-12-15
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.40 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.40 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.41 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Event Manager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce: from n/a through 3.1.40.
medium 6.1 CVE-2023-47697 · published 2023-11-13
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.39 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.39 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.40 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WP Event Manager WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin <= 3.1.39 versions.
medium 4.8 CVE-2023-4423 · published 2023-09-27
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (3.1.37.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.1.37.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.38 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 3.1.37.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
NVD CVE-2023-4423Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)github.comgithub.com
medium 6.1 CVE-2022-1474 · published 2022-07-11
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (older than 3.1.28)
- Affected
- older than 3.1.28
- Fixed in
- 3.1.28
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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 Scripting
medium 4.8 CVE-2021-24810 · published 2022-03-07
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Event Manager (older than 3.1.23)
- Affected
- older than 3.1.23
- Fixed in
- 3.1.23
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin before 3.1.23 does not escape some of its Field Editor settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Recent activity
- 2026-10-30 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.4.2).
- 2026-10-09 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-62041), fixed in 3.4.2.
- 2025-07-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-2800), fixed in 3.1.51.
- 2025-07-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-2799), fixed in 3.1.50.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (9) · Missing authorization (2) · File inclusion (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-event-manager (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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