Stored XSS via unsanitized event timeline content
Published Aug 2, 2026 · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Stored XSS in MagePeople Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce before 5.3.7 allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript. The Event Timeline editor accepts mep_day_content[] values without sanitizing them and later renders the stored value as raw markup on the public event page. Author-level post-editing access is required to plant the payload, and execution occurs when any visitor, including an administrator, views the event.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in MagePeople Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce before 5.3.7 allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript. The Event Timeline editor accepts mep_day_content[] values without sanitizing them and later renders the stored value as raw markup on the public event page. Author-level post-editing access is required to plant the payload, and execution occurs when any visitor, including an administrator, views the event.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16063
- Published
- Aug 2, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2026
- Vendor
- MagePeople Team
- Product
- Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.3.7
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Event Timeline stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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