CVE-2025-6366
📋 TL;DR
The Event List WordPress plugin has a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to elevate their privileges to Administrator. This occurs because the plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before updating profiles. All WordPress sites using Event List plugin versions up to 2.0.4 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Event List 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 gain full administrative control over the WordPress site, allowing them to install malicious plugins/themes, modify content, steal data, or establish persistent backdoors.
Likely Case
Attackers elevate their privileges to administrator and use this access to compromise the site for malicious purposes like defacement, data theft, or malware distribution.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, the attack would be detected during privilege escalation attempts, limiting damage to unauthorized administrative actions.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple once an attacker has valid credentials.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.0.5 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/meup-marketplace-events-wordpress-theme/24770641
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Event List plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 2.0.5+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Event List Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patching is possible
wp plugin deactivate event-list
Restrict User Registration
allDisable new user registration to prevent attackers from creating accounts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately disable the Event List plugin
- Implement strict user access monitoring and review all user role changes
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Event List → Version number. If version is 2.0.4 or lower, the site is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get event-list --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, confirm Event List plugin version is 2.0.5 or higher in WordPress plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected user role changes from subscriber/author to administrator
- Multiple failed privilege escalation attempts
- Suspicious profile update activities
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=el_update_profile
- Unusual admin-level actions from previously low-privilege accounts
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("user role changed" OR "el_update_profile")