CVE-2025-57994
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Sayful Islam Upcoming Events Lists upcoming-events-lists allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Upcoming Events Lists: from n/a through <= 1.4.0.
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 confidenceThe Upcoming Events Lists WordPress plugin <= 1.4.0 contains an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) vulnerability where user-controlled keys (likely event IDs or similar parameters) are not properly validated against user permissions, allowing unauthorized access to or manipulation of events that should be restricted.
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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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Confirm plugin installation and versionAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate 'Upcoming Events Lists' and check the version number displayedAffected if version displayed is 1.4.0 or lower
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Locate plugin PHP files handling event IDsAccess the plugin directory via file manager or FTP (wp-content/plugins/upcoming-events-lists/), examine PHP files for parameters that accept event IDs (such as 'event_id', 'id', 'eid')Affected if plugin files accept event ID parameters without evident permission checks
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Identify AJAX or shortcode endpointsSearch plugin files for 'add_action' hooks related to AJAX (wp_ajax_) or 'add_shortcode' definitions that process event ID parametersAffected if endpoints process event IDs without calling current_user_can() or similar authorization functions
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Check authorization logic in event access functionsExamine functions that retrieve or modify event data, look for capability checks like 'current_user_can', 'capability', or 'edit_posts' before accessing event recordsAffected if no capability or ownership verification exists before returning or modifying event data
User is affected if the Upcoming Events Lists plugin version is 1.4.0 or lower and the plugin processes event ID parameters without verifying user permissions or ownership.
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 dataImplement proper authorization checks and capability verification before allowing access to or modification of event data, ensuring users can only access resources they are explicitly permitted to view or edit.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-57994 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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