CVE-2025-6970

Events Manager <= 7.0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `orderby` Parameter

2025-07-09 09:58
mikemyers

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 6.6.5
Affected Plugin
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
Affected Version
6.6.4.4 – 7.0.3 · 2 branches
CVSS
7.5High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2025-6970
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At a glance

CVE-2025-6970 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Events Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions 6.6.4.4 – 7.0.3 · 2 branches. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.6.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2025, reported by mikemyers.

Vulnerability Overview

The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Events Manager 6.6.4.4 – 7.0.3 · 2 branches carries this weakness at orderby, and reaching it takes no account at all. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.

A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For Events Manager the fix is 6.6.5: builds 6.6.4.4 – 7.0.3 · 2 branches are affected, anything from 6.6.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 6.6.5, 7.0.4

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Events Manager 6.6.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6970https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7320c06e-a7a7-4ed0-93cd-e85d74bae73fhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6970

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