CVE-2025-12356

Tickera – WordPress Event Ticketing <= 3.5.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Event/Post Status Update

2026-02-17 16:41
Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.5.6.5
Affected Plugin
Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events
Affected Version
<= 3.5.6.4
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-12356
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At a glance

CVE-2025-12356 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Tickera WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.5.6.4. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.5.6.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2026, reported by Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada).

Vulnerability Overview

The Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_change_ticket_status' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update post/event statuses.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Tickera <= 3.5.6.4 carries this weakness at wp_ajax_change_ticket_status, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Tickera the fix is 3.5.6.5: builds <= 3.5.6.4 are affected, anything from 3.5.6.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.5.6.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Tickera 3.5.6.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12356https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7c08b1a-c73d-488c-96df-cf18acb460bbhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12356

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