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Plain-English summary
This is a stored cross-site scripting flaw in MagePeople Team’s Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce for WordPress, reported for versions up to 3.9.5. An attacker needs editor-level access or higher, and a user must view the affected content for impact.
Executive priority
Prioritize as moderate. It is not reported as actively exploited, but it can affect customer-facing WordPress pages if a privileged account is misused. Remediate during the next WordPress maintenance cycle, sooner for sites with many editors.
Technical view
CVE-2023-36383 is CWE-79 stored XSS in the mage-eventpress WordPress plugin. CVSS 3.1 is 5.9, with network access, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce at version 3.9.5 or earlier, especially where editor-level accounts are numerous, shared, weakly governed, or potentially compromised.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. Practical abuse requires an authenticated editor-or-higher account and a victim viewing stored plugin-managed content. Treat it as a meaningful post-authentication risk, not an unauthenticated internet-wide emergency.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: the bundle identifies stored XSS, editor-plus authentication, affected plugin, CVSS vector, and Patchstack as the vulnerability database source. It does not provide sink, parameter, proof of concept, exploit activity, or explicit patch details.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the mage-eventpress plugin and installed version.
- Check MagePeople, WordPress plugin, and Patchstack guidance for a fixed version.
- Update the plugin beyond affected versions when a vendor-confirmed fix is available.
- Limit editor-level access to trusted users with current business need.
- Disable the plugin temporarily if no fix exists and exposure is unacceptable.
- Review stored event and ticket content for unexpected script-like markup.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce is installed.
- Compare installed versions against the reported vulnerable range: 3.9.5 and earlier.
- Review WordPress users with editor, administrator, or equivalent content privileges.
- Check recent content edits in plugin-managed event and ticket fields.
- Verify remediation in staging before production rollout.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L1.73.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.