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CVE-2025-12175

The Events Calendar <= 6.15.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Draft Event Title/QR Code Exposure

Published: Oct 31, 2025Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

The Events Calendarstellarwp
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
stellarwpcommercialWeb & CMS Plugins

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

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

Timeline

Published
Oct 31, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 4, 2025

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