CVE-2025-49298: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Bastien Ho Event post WordPress plugin affecting versions through 5.10.1. The vulnerability was reported on June 5, 2025, and assigned identifier CVE-2025-49298. The issue was identified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The weakness is categorized as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability requires Contributor or higher level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with Contributor or higher privileges to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.10.2 of the Event post plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.10.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).