CVE-2025-52731
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Eventin Pro WordPress plugin (formerly WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin) that allows attackers to delete arbitrary content without proper authentication. The vulnerability affects all WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of this plugin. Attackers can exploit this to remove posts, pages, or other content managed by the plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin (Eventin Pro)
⚠️ 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
Complete website defacement or destruction through mass content deletion, potentially causing business disruption, data loss, and reputational damage.
Likely Case
Selective deletion of event content, calendar entries, or booking information, disrupting event management functionality.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper access controls, regular backups, and monitoring are in place to detect and restore deleted content.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability allows arbitrary content deletion without authentication, making exploitation straightforward once the attack vector is identified.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.0.25 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Eventin Pro' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 4.0.25+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Eventin Pro plugin until patched version can be installed
wp plugin deactivate eventin-pro
Restrict plugin access
allUse WordPress security plugins to restrict access to plugin functionality
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and user role management to limit who can modify plugin content
- Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for content deletion events and implement regular backups
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Eventin Pro version. If version is 4.0.24 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get eventin-pro --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 4.0.25 or later in WordPress admin panel. Test content deletion functionality with non-admin users.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected POST requests to plugin endpoints
- Content deletion events from unauthorized users
- Failed authorization attempts on plugin functions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/eventin-pro/ endpoints with DELETE or POST methods from unauthenticated sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/eventin-pro/" AND http_method="POST") AND user="unauthenticated"