Events ManagerWordPress extension · Pixelite
CVE-2013-7479
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe events-manager plugin before 5.3.9 for WordPress has XSS in the search form field.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe events-manager WordPress plugin before version 5.3.9 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its search form field. User-supplied input in the search form is not properly sanitized before being rendered back to users, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript that executes in victims' browsers.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Events ManagerWordPress extension
< 5.3.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the installed events-manager plugin versionIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'Events Manager' or 'Pixelite Events Manager'. The version number is displayed beneath the plugin name. Alternatively, inspect the main plugin PHP file (commonly events-manager.php) and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.Affected if The displayed version number is lower than 5.3.9 (for example, 5.3.8, 5.3.7, 5.2.x, etc.)
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Confirm the search functionality is activeVisit the public-facing side of your WordPress site and look for an events search form. This is typically found on event calendar pages, event listing pages, or in a widget area. The vulnerability exists in the search form field specifically.Affected if The search form is visible and functional on your website, accepting user input in a search field for events.
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Verify the search input is reflected without sanitization (optional manual test)In the events search field, enter a harmless test string such as <script>alert('test')</script> and submit the search. Then observe whether this exact string appears in the rendered page output (not just in a URL parameter).Affected if The test string is rendered as-is in the page HTML without being escaped or converted to harmless text.
You are affected if the events-manager plugin version is below 5.3.9 AND the events search form is present and functional on your site, allowing unsanitized user input to be stored and displayed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data5.3.9
Update the events-manager plugin to version 5.3.9 or later to obtain the patched code. As a temporary measure, disable the plugin or restrict access to the search functionality until the update can be applied.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-7479 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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