CVE-2023-2406
Event Registration Calendar By vcita <= 1.3.1 & Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
Event Registration Calendar By vcita <= 1.3.1 & Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2023-2406- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-33896
6.4
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2023-33896- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g4r7-hv6x-5c72
6.4
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online...
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-g4r7-hv6x-5c72- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.4
The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2023-2406- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-2406 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Vcita Event Registration Calendar By Vcita, published June 3, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ab05954-9999-43ff-8e3c-a987e2da1956?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-registration-calendar-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payment-button-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php
blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2924420%40event-registration-calendar-by-vcita&new=2924420%40event-registration-calendar-by-vcita&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2924423%40paypal-payment-button-by-vcita&new=2924423%40paypal-payment-button-by-vcita&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2924423/paypal-payment-button-by-vcita
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2406
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4r7-hv6x-5c72