Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-3419

CVE-2025-3419:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Event Manager, Events Calendar, Tickets, Registrations – Eventin plugin for WordPress contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability (CVE-2025-3419) affecting all versions up to and including 4.0.26. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 8, 2025, impacting the proxy_image() function in the plugin (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the proxy_image() function which fails to properly validate file access requests. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating it can be exploited remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction (NVD). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path.

Impact

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive information such as configuration files, credentials, and other confidential data (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A fix has been implemented in version 4.0.27 of the plugin which includes additional validation checks for file extensions and same-origin requests in the proxy_image() function (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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