CVE-2025-54705 Overview
CVE-2025-54705 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the magepeopleteam WpEvently plugin (mage-eventpress) for WordPress. The flaw affects all plugin versions up to and including 4.4.6. Authenticated attackers with low-privilege accounts can exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to invoke restricted plugin functionality. The weakness is tracked as [CWE-862: Missing Authorization]. The vulnerability requires network access and low privileges, and it has limited impact on availability with no direct confidentiality or integrity impact.
Critical Impact
Authenticated users with minimal permissions can access plugin functions that should be restricted, potentially disrupting event data or plugin availability on affected WordPress sites.
Affected Products
- magepeopleteam WpEvently WordPress plugin (mage-eventpress)
- All versions from n/a through <= 4.4.6
- WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin version
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-08-14 - CVE CVE-2025-54705 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-54705
Vulnerability Analysis
The WpEvently plugin exposes one or more actions that lack proper capability or nonce checks. An authenticated user with a low-privilege role, such as Subscriber, can send requests to endpoints intended for administrators. The plugin evaluates access at an insufficient security level, allowing unauthorized invocation of protected operations. The result is broken access control that permits limited tampering with plugin behavior or event resources.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing authorization logic [CWE-862] on plugin action handlers. The affected functions do not verify the caller's WordPress capability before executing privileged operations. The plugin relies on the assumption that only authorized users will reach the endpoint, rather than enforcing role or capability checks server-side.
Attack Vector
Exploitation requires a valid WordPress account on the target site. The attacker submits requests directly to the plugin's AJAX or admin-post handlers registered by mage-eventpress. Because the handler does not call current_user_can() or verify a valid nonce for the intended role, the request executes with the attacker's session. The attack is remote over the network and does not require user interaction. See the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for advisory details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-54705
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected requests from low-privilege user sessions to WpEvently admin-ajax.php actions or admin-post endpoints.
- Modifications to event records, bookings, or plugin settings performed by non-administrator accounts.
- Anomalous HTTP POST traffic to plugin paths under /wp-content/plugins/mage-eventpress/ correlated with Subscriber-level authentication cookies.
Detection Strategies
- Audit WordPress access logs for authenticated requests to WpEvently action handlers originating from non-administrator roles.
- Enable WordPress activity logging plugins to record capability-sensitive actions and flag execution by unexpected roles.
- Correlate web server logs with WordPress user role assignments to identify privilege mismatches.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor the wp_options, event, and booking database tables for changes made outside expected administrator sessions.
- Alert on new or modified WpEvently entries created by user IDs lacking the manage_options capability.
- Track HTTP 200 responses to plugin AJAX actions issued by low-privilege session tokens.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-54705
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the WpEvently plugin to a version later than 4.4.6 as soon as a patched release is available from magepeopleteam.
- Review all WordPress user accounts and remove or downgrade unused or untrusted low-privilege accounts.
- Restrict registration on affected sites to limit the pool of authenticated attackers.
Patch Information
No fixed version is listed in the NVD entry at publication. Consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the magepeopleteam vendor page for the latest patched release covering versions after 4.4.6.
Workarounds
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to block requests to vulnerable WpEvently action handlers from users without administrator capabilities.
- Temporarily disable the WpEvently plugin on production sites until a patched version is installed.
- Enforce strong authentication and multifactor authentication to reduce the risk of low-privilege account compromise.
# Configuration example: disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin deactivate mage-eventpress
wp plugin status mage-eventpress
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