Vulnerability · Published Jan 17, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14029Community Events <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Event Approval via 'eventlist' Parameter
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Community Events from jackdewey. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_admin_event_approval() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events via the 'eventlist' parameter.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jackdewey | Community Events | 0 – through 1.5.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/098c3f4c-b6bc-462a-98ef-30e6a68d74cf?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/trunk/community-events.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/tags/1.5.5/community-events.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/community-events/tags/1.5.5/community-events.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3437116%40community-events&new=3437116%40community-events&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=