Community Events <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Event Approval via 'eventlist' Parameter
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00279 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14029
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2h8-q8w2-33xm
References
Other 5
- 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=
More jackdewey vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03844 Link Library < 7.4.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-09688 Community Events <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-09687 Community Events <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15433 Link Library <= 7.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via link_url Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-24895 WordPress Modal Dialog plugin <= 3.5.16 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-11599 Community Events <= 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-14029 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14029 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2h8-q8w2-33xm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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