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Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2025-12175

Research by Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan October 31, 2025
Overview

Summary

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'tec_qr_code_modal' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view draft event names and generate/view QR codes for them.

Risk profile

CVSS assessment

4.3 · M E D I U M
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
N E T W O R K
Complexity
L O W
Privileges
L O W
User interaction
N O N E
Scope
U N C H A N G E D
Confidentiality
L O W
Integrity
N O N E
Availability
N O N E
Classification

Weaknesses

  • Missing Authorization CWE-862
Further reading

References

3 sources
  1. github.com https://github.com/the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar/blob/main/src/Events/QR/QR_Code.php
  2. plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3386042/the-events-calendar/tags/6.15.10/src/Events/QR/QR_Code.php
  3. www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab844a05-80e0-42c7-981c-dea3a18cf4d5?source=cve