CVE-2025-48246
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in StellarWP The Events Calendar the-events-calendar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects The Events Calendar: from n/a through <= 6.11.2.1.
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 · moderate confidenceA missing authorization vulnerability in The Events Calendar WordPress plugin (versions through 6.11.2.1) allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to certain plugin functionality that should require higher privileges.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify The Events Calendar plugin versionNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and locate The Events Calendar in the installed plugins list. The version number is displayed below the plugin name.Affected if The installed version is 6.11.2.1 or any earlier version (versions through 6.11.2.1 are affected)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress Admin > Plugins, verify The Events Calendar shows as 'Active' under the plugin status.Affected if The plugin is active and running an affected version, exposing the authorization vulnerability
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Review user role and capability configurationsNavigate to Events > Settings > Access Control (or similar access settings section). Examine the security level assigned to sensitive plugin features like event creation, ticket management, or attendee data access.Affected if Sensitive features are assigned to low-privilege roles (such as Subscriber or Contributor) without proper capability checks, allowing exploitation of the missing authorization
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Inspect role capability mappingsUse a role editor plugin or wp-cli role list command to review what capabilities are assigned to each user role, particularly checking for elevated Events Calendar capabilities granted to non-administrator roles.Affected if Non-administrator roles have capabilities that should require higher privileges, indicating misconfigured access control
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Check for unauthorized access indicatorsReview WordPress activity logs, server access logs, or security plugin logs for unusual access patterns to /?post_type=tribe_events endpoints or admin-ajax.php calls related to events functionality from low-privilege users.Affected if Events or actions intended for higher-privilege users are being accessed by users with lower roles, suggesting the vulnerability may have been exploited
You are affected if The Events Calendar plugin version is 6.11.2.1 or earlier AND sensitive plugin functionality is accessible to users with insufficient privileges due to misconfigured access control.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate The Events Calendar to the latest version and review user role capabilities and access control configurations to ensure proper authorization enforcement.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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