CVE-2025-24537
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in The Events Calendar WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. This affects all versions up to 6.7.0, potentially enabling unauthorized event modifications or plugin settings changes.
💻 Affected Systems
- The Events Calendar WordPress plugin
⚠️ 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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- 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
Worst Case
Attackers could modify or delete all calendar events, change plugin settings, or potentially chain with other vulnerabilities for more severe impact.
Likely Case
Unauthorized modification or deletion of calendar events, disruption of event management functionality.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact if proper CSRF protections are implemented at the application level.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF attacks are generally low complexity but require social engineering to trick authenticated users.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.7.1 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find The Events Calendar and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 6.7.1 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF tokens manually
allAdd custom CSRF protection to plugin forms if immediate patching isn't possible
Use WordPress security plugins
allEnable CSRF protection through security plugins like Wordfence or Sucuri
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict administrator access to trusted networks only
- Implement strict SameSite cookie policies and Content Security Policy headers
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → The Events Calendar → Version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='the-events-calendar' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 6.7.1 or higher in WordPress admin plugins list📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin endpoints from unverified sources
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations in WordPress debug logs
Network Indicators:
- Cross-origin requests to plugin admin endpoints without proper referrer headers
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("admin-ajax.php" OR "the-events-calendar") AND ("POST" OR "csrf")