CVE-2021-42078
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as...
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by the /server/ajax/events_manager.php title parameter. This can be exploited by an adversary in multiple ways, e.g., to perform actions on the page in the context of other users, or to deface the site.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by the /server/ajax/events_manager.php title parameter. This can be exploited by an adversary in multiple ways, e.g., to perform actions on the page in the context of other users, or to deface the site.
- Record
CVE-2021-42078- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by the /server/ajax/events_manager.php title parameter. This can be exploited by an adversary in multiple ways, e.g., to perform actions on the page in the context of other users, or to deface the site.
- Record
CVE-2021-42078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29064No score
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by the /server/ajax/events_manager.php title parameter. This can be exploited by an adversary in multiple ways, e.g., to perform actions on the page in the context of other users, or to deface the site.
- Record
EUVD-2021-29064- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf8q-53qc-c4vpNo score
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as...
PHP Event Calendar through 2021-11-04 allows persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by the /server/ajax/events_manager.php title parameter. This can be exploited by an adversary in multiple ways, e.g., to perform actions on the page in the context of other users, or to deface the site.
- Record
GHSA-xf8q-53qc-c4vp- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-42078 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Php Event Calendar Project Event Calendar, published November 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.