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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-12175
CVE-2025-12175:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-12175) discovered on October 30, 2025, affecting all versions up to and including 6.15.9. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the 'tecqrcode_modal' AJAX endpoint (NVD, Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to view draft event names and generate/view QR codes for them, potentially exposing sensitive information that should be restricted (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been implemented in version 6.15.10 of The Events Calendar plugin, which adds proper capability checks to verify user permissions before allowing access to the QR code functionality (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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