CVE-2025-58862: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily connect-daily-web-calendar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily: from n/a through <= 1.5.5.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily (versions up to 1.5.5) contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input neutralization during web page generation. This flaw allows attackers with at least low privileges and user interaction to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users, potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction needed, and scope change with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to execution of arbitrary scripts in the context of affected users, potentially resulting in information disclosure, modification of data, or disruption of service. The impact is rated as medium severity with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, users should consider restricting access to the plugin features to trusted users and apply standard XSS mitigations such as input validation and output encoding where possible. Monitor official vendor channels for updates and apply any released patches promptly.
CVE-2025-58862: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily connect-daily-web-calendar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily: from n/a through <= 1.5.5.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The George Sexton WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily (versions up to 1.5.5) contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input neutralization during web page generation. This flaw allows attackers with at least low privileges and user interaction to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users, potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction needed, and scope change with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to execution of arbitrary scripts in the context of affected users, potentially resulting in information disclosure, modification of data, or disruption of service. The impact is rated as medium severity with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, users should consider restricting access to the plugin features to trusted users and apply standard XSS mitigations such as input validation and output encoding where possible. Monitor official vendor channels for updates and apply any released patches promptly.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2025-09-05T10:49:57.447Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68baeaa657c5b37b67a46168
Added to database: 9/5/2025, 1:50:30 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 5:39:24 PM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 10:50:25 PM
Views: 74
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