CVE-2023-47525: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Event Monster plugin, affecting versions up to 1.4.5. The vulnerability was identified on December 19, 2023, and tracked as CVE-2023-47525. The issue exists in the A WP Life Event Monster – Event Management, Tickets Booking, Upcoming Event plugin, which fails to properly sanitize and escape certain settings (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assigned a score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow high privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, such as in multisite setups. This could enable malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads that would execute when visitors access the site (WPScan).

As of the latest reports, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to 1.4.5 of the Event Monster plugin (WPScan).