CVE-2025-14029 – The Community Events WordPress plugin has an au... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-14029?

CVE-2025-14029 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). The Community Events WordPress plugin has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events without proper authorization. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin version 1.5.6 or earlier. Attackers can manipulate event approval statuses through a missing capability check in the ajax_admin_event_approval() function.

📋 TL;DR

The Community Events WordPress plugin has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events without proper authorization. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin version 1.5.6 or earlier. Attackers can manipulate event approval statuses through a missing capability check in the ajax_admin_event_approval() function.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

Community Events WordPress Plugin

Versions: All versions up to and including 1.5.6

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Only affects WordPress installations with the Community Events plugin active. The vulnerability exists regardless of WordPress version or configuration.

⚠️ Manual Verification Required

This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.

Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).

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Recommended Actions:

Review the CVE details at NVD
Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could approve malicious or inappropriate events that appear legitimate on the website, potentially damaging reputation, spreading misinformation, or facilitating social engineering attacks.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized users approve spam events or manipulate legitimate event listings, disrupting the intended functionality of the events system.

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If Mitigated

With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to event approval manipulation only, not affecting other site functionality or data.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH

🏢 Internal Only: LOW

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: LIKELY

Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes

Complexity: LOW

The vulnerability is straightforward to exploit via crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable AJAX endpoint. No authentication required.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 1.5.7 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3437116%40community-events&new=3437116%40community-events&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Community Events' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version 1.5.7+ from WordPress repository.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Plugin

all

Temporarily deactivate the Community Events plugin until patched version can be installed.

wp plugin deactivate community-events

Restrict AJAX Endpoint Access

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Block access to the vulnerable AJAX endpoint via web server configuration or WAF rules.

# Apache: RewriteRule ^/wp-admin/admin-ajax\.php\?action=ajax_admin_event_approval - [F]
# Nginx: location ~* /wp-admin/admin-ajax\.php\?action=ajax_admin_event_approval { deny all; }

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Disable the Community Events plugin immediately
Implement web application firewall rules to block requests containing 'ajax_admin_event_approval' action parameter

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Community Events version. If version is 1.5.6 or lower, the site is vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin get community-events --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify plugin version shows 1.5.7 or higher in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action=ajax_admin_event_approval' parameter
Multiple event approval actions from unauthenticated IP addresses
Event status changes without corresponding user authentication logs

Network Indicators:

Unusual spikes in requests to WordPress AJAX endpoints from external IPs
POST requests containing 'eventlist' parameter to admin-ajax.php

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND uri="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND (query="*action=ajax_admin_event_approval*" OR post_data="*ajax_admin_event_approval*")

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-14029

CVSS v3 Score: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE: CWE-862

EPSS Score: 0.07% exploit probability (20.7th percentile)

Published: January 17, 2026

Last Updated: January 26, 2026

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