CVE-2025-62027
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 Event Tickets event-tickets.This issue affects Event Tickets: from n/a through <= 5.26.3.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in StellarWP Event Tickets plugin allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access certain functionality or data that should be restricted. The vulnerability exists due to missing capability checks or improper access control validation in the plugin.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Event Tickets plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory for the StellarWP Event Tickets plugin, or look for the 'event-tickets' folder in wp-content/plugins/Affected if The plugin folder 'event-tickets' exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Identify the installed versionCheck the main plugin file (event-tickets.php) for the version constant, or view the plugin details in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The version displayed is earlier than 5.26.3
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Verify the vulnerability is exploitableTest whether unauthenticated or low-privilege users can access sensitive Event Tickets functionality (such as attendee lists, ticket management, or RSVP data) by making direct REST API requests or accessing admin pages without proper capability verificationAffected if Users without administrator or editor roles can access ticket data, attendee information, or modify tickets they should not have access to
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Review capability checks on sensitive functionsIf you have code access, search the plugin source for functions handling ticket/attendee data and verify they include current_user_can() or similar authorization checks; test by attempting actions with a subscriber-level accountAffected if Sensitive ticket operations (viewing attendee data, editing tickets, managing RSVP responses) are accessible without proper capability verification
You are affected if the StellarWP Event Tickets plugin is installed with a version earlier than 5.26.3 and sensitive ticket/attendee data or management functions are accessible to unauthenticated or unauthorized users.
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 Event Tickets to the latest version beyond 5.26.3 which contains the patched authorization controls, or implement proper authorization checks on all sensitive functions.
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- Review / QA2.0 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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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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