CVE-2025-12175

The Events Calendar <= 6.15.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Draft Event Title/QR Code Exposure

mediumMissing Authorization

4.3

CVSS Score

4.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

6.15.10

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'tec_qr_code_modal' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view draft event names and generate/view QR codes for them.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.15.9

PublishedOctober 30, 2025

Last updatedOctober 31, 2025

Affected pluginthe-events-calendar

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab844a05-80e0-42c7-981c-dea3a18cf4d5?source=api-prod

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