CVE-2025-14029
Community Events <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Event Approval via 'eventlist' Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jan 17, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2025
Description
The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_admin_event_approval() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events via the 'eventlist' parameter.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Community Eventsjackdewey |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/098c3f4c-b6bc-462a-98ef-30e6a68d74cf?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/trunk/community-events.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/tags/1.5.5/community-events.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/tags/1.5.5/community-events.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3437116%40community-events&new=3437116%40community-events&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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