CVE-2025-9808
📋 TL;DR
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin versions up to 6.15.2 expose information about password-protected vendors or venues through a REST endpoint vulnerability. Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive details that should be protected. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 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 map all password-protected vendors/venues, potentially identifying high-value targets for further attacks or gathering intelligence for social engineering.
Likely Case
Information disclosure about protected vendors/venues including names, descriptions, and metadata that should remain private.
If Mitigated
Limited exposure of non-critical metadata with proper access controls and monitoring in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires no authentication and minimal technical skill.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.15.3 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3359403/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'The Events Calendar' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 6.15.3+ from WordPress.org and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable REST endpoint access
allRestrict access to the vulnerable REST endpoint using web application firewall rules or .htaccess restrictions.
# Example .htaccess rule to block specific endpoint
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^wp-json/tribe/events/v1/venues.*$ - [F,L]
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Temporarily disable The Events Calendar plugin until patched
- Implement IP-based restrictions to limit access to the WordPress REST API
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → The Events Calendar version number. If version is 6.15.2 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='the-events-calendar' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 6.15.3 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple 200 OK responses to /wp-json/tribe/events/v1/venues or similar endpoints from unauthenticated users
- Unusual spike in REST API requests to events endpoints
Network Indicators:
- HTTP GET requests to /wp-json/tribe/events/v1/venues* from unauthenticated sources
- Pattern of enumeration requests to protected resource endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/venues" OR uri_path="/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/organizers") AND http_status=200 AND NOT authenticated_user EXISTS