CVE-2025-0959
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the Eventer WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to inject malicious SQL queries via the reg_id parameter. This can lead to unauthorized data extraction from the WordPress database, affecting all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the Eventer plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Eventer by Imithemes
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could extract sensitive data including user credentials, personal information, and administrative data, potentially leading to complete site compromise and data breach.
Likely Case
Attackers with subscriber accounts will extract user data, event registration details, and potentially escalate privileges to gain administrative access.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and parameterized queries, the vulnerability would be prevented entirely.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access but only Subscriber-level privileges needed. SQL injection via reg_id parameter.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 3.9.9.2
Vendor Advisory: https://codecanyon.net/item/eventer-wordpress-event-manager-plugin/20972534
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
3. Find Eventer plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin until patch is available
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDeactivate the Eventer plugin to prevent exploitation while awaiting patch
wp plugin deactivate eventer
Input Validation via WAF
allImplement web application firewall rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting reg_id parameter
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation for all reg_id parameters in custom code
- Restrict Subscriber-level user registration and monitor existing subscriber accounts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Eventer plugin version. If version is 3.9.9.2 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get eventer --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 3.9.9.2. Test reg_id parameter with SQL injection test payloads to confirm fix.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by SQL-like requests to eventer endpoints
- HTTP requests containing SQL keywords (SELECT, UNION, etc.) in reg_id parameter
Network Indicators:
- Unusual database query patterns from web server to database
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with SQL payloads in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("reg_id" AND ("SELECT" OR "UNION" OR "FROM" OR "WHERE"))