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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-14029

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The Community Events WordPress plugin has a broken access control vulnerability in the ajax_admin_event_approval() function, which lacks a capability check. This allows unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events by supplying event IDs through the 'eventlist' parameter via an AJAX endpoint.

MitigationUpdate the Community Events plugin to version 1.5.7 or later which includes the missing capability check. Alternatively, block unauthenticated access to the affected AJAX endpoint at the web server level until patching is possible.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Verify Community Events plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Community Events' plugin. Alternatively, check the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a community-events folder.
    Affected if The plugin is present in the installation
  2. Check installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, find the Community Events plugin in the Plugins list and note the version number displayed below the plugin name. Compare this to version 1.5.7.
    Affected if Installed version is earlier than 1.5.7
  3. Identify the vulnerable AJAX endpoint
    Check if the file containing ajax_admin_event_approval() function exists. This is typically in the plugin's main PHP file or an ajax-related file within the community-events plugin directory. Look for a hook registering 'wp_ajax_nopriv_ajax_admin_event_approval' or 'wp_ajax_ajax_admin_event_approval'.
    Affected if The plugin registers an AJAX action for this function accessible to unauthenticated users (wp_ajax_nopriv_)
  4. Inspect the ajax_admin_event_approval() function for capability check
    Locate the ajax_admin_event_approval() function in the plugin code and examine whether it contains a capability check (such as current_user_can() or similar) before processing the event approval.
    Affected if The function lacks a capability check or authorization verification
  5. Test unauthenticated access to the AJAX endpoint
    Send a crafted POST request to your site's /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint with action=ajax_admin_event_approval and an eventlist parameter containing an event ID. If the request succeeds without authentication, the vulnerability is present.
    Affected if The AJAX endpoint accepts and processes unauthenticated requests to approve events

A user is affected if the Community Events plugin is installed with a version earlier than 1.5.7 and the ajax_admin_event_approval() function is accessible to unauthenticated users without a capability check.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the Community Events plugin to version 1.5.7 or later which includes the missing capability check. Alternatively, block unauthenticated access to the affected AJAX endpoint at the web server level until patching is possible.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

1.5.7

  1. Update the Community Events plugin to version 1.5.7 or later via the WordPress plugin repository, or via wp-admin > Plugins > Update Now

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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