CVE-2021-42078
Published: 08 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-42078 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Php Event Calendar Project Php Event Calendar. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29064
Vulnerability details
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,…
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or to deface the site.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.