Eventin <= 4.0.26 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2025-05-07 00:00

Denver Jackson

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.0.27

Affected PluginEventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 4.0.26

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-47539

View all Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Event Manager, Events Calendar, Tickets, Registrations – Eventin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the import_items() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.26. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to import users that can have the administrator role leading to privilege escalation.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.0.27, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47539 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bbb0146-436f-42fa-802b-cdcf39ae97db

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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