CVE-2025-7663
📋 TL;DR
The Ovatheme Events Manager WordPress plugin has a missing capability check vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to perform administrative actions like deleting ticket files and downloading tickets. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin version 1.8.6 or earlier. Attackers can exploit this without any authentication or special privileges.
💻 Affected Systems
- Ovatheme Events Manager 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
Complete compromise of event management functionality including deletion of all ticket files, unauthorized access to sensitive ticket data, and potential disruption of event operations.
Likely Case
Unauthorized deletion or download of ticket files, potentially causing operational disruption and data exposure for event organizers.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if plugin is disabled or access controls are implemented at web application firewall level.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple HTTP requests to vulnerable endpoints can trigger the unauthorized actions.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.8.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/em4u-event-management-multipurpose-wordpress-theme/20846579
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins. 3. Find Ovatheme Events Manager. 4. Click Update Now or manually update to version 1.8.7+. 5. Verify update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate ovaem-events-manager
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock access to vulnerable /class-ovaem-ajax.php endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the Ovatheme Events Manager plugin immediately
- Implement IP-based access restrictions to WordPress admin areas
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins for Ovatheme Events Manager version 1.8.6 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get ovaem-events-manager --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.8.7 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-content/plugins/ovaem-events-manager/class-ovaem-ajax.php from unauthenticated users
- Multiple file deletion events in event management logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to vulnerable endpoints without authentication headers
- Unusual traffic patterns to plugin-specific URLs
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND uri="/wp-content/plugins/ovaem-events-manager/class-ovaem-ajax.php" AND http_method="POST" AND NOT user_agent="WordPress/*"