CVE-2025-5144: stellarwp the_events_calendar Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-5144 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in stellarwp the_events_calendar. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 11-06-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-date-*’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 6.13.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
17%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.26% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Stellarwp1 product
- the_events_calendar≤ 6.13.2 | < 6.13.2.1
Wordpress1 product
- the-events-calendar≤ 6.13.2 (fixed in 6.13.2.1)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
7 links- bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.htmlNot Applicable