CVE-2025-15043

MEDIUM

The Events Calendar <6.15.13 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'start_migration', 'cancel_migration', and 'revert_migration' functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to start, cancel, or revert the Custom Tables V1 database migration, including dropping the custom database tables entirely via the revert action.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/the-events-calendar/tags/6.15.13&new_path=/the-events-calendar/tags/6.15.13.1

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/346a5b00-fb76-4413-a935-a2df4dc51984?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 8.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (1)

stellarwp/The Events Calendar < 6.15.13

Published Jan 20, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026