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Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-68045 affects the WordPress WP Event SOlution plugin through version 4.1.12. An unauthenticated attacker may access protected information because access controls are missing or insufficient. The business concern is potential exposure of confidential event or site data on affected WordPress sites.
Executive priority
Prioritize affected public WordPress sites, especially those handling attendee, customer, or private event data. Treat as urgent remediation, but not confirmed emergency exploitation based on the provided sources.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-862, Missing Authorization, in Arraytics WP Event SOlution for WordPress. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5 high: network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, with high confidentiality impact and no stated integrity or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running WP Event SOlution version 4.1.12 or earlier. The source bundle does not identify affected endpoints, data types, or a fixed version.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided data, and no cited source states active exploitation. The attack requirements are low because exploitation is unauthenticated and network-accessible, but public exploit status is not established here.
Researcher notes
The public details are sparse. The CVE and Patchstack entry identify unauthenticated broken access control, but do not provide endpoint details, proof-of-concept status, or a named fixed version in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for WP Event SOlution installations and versions.
- If running 4.1.12 or earlier, check vendor and Patchstack guidance immediately.
- Update if a fixed release is available from the plugin vendor.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is not business-critical.
- Restrict access to sensitive event-related data until resolved.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether WP Event SOlution is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed plugin version and compare it to 4.1.12.
- Review vendor, WordPress, and Patchstack pages for fixed-version guidance.
- Check web server logs for unusual unauthenticated access to plugin-related resources.
- Verify compensating controls do not break event site functionality.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N3.93.6PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-event-solution/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-event-solution-plugin-4-1-12-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cveCVE reference, Patchstack · vdb-entry
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.