CVE-2023-36383: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in MagePeople Team Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce plugin versions 3.9.5 and below. The vulnerability was identified on June 21, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-36383 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization of user inputs, which could lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 5.9 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website, which would be executed when guests visit the site. The impact is considered low severity and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.9.6 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.9.6 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users update to a fixed version (Patchstack).