SimpleCalendar Google Calendar Events Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SimpleCalendar Google Calendar Events Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-68979. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SimpleCalendar Google Calendar Events Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in SimpleCalendar Google Calendar Events google-calendar-events allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Google Calendar Events: from n/a through <= 3.5.9.

The weakness was disclosed by Doan Dinh Van. The advisory is shared for download at vdp.patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68979 since 12/29/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/31/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-205756). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/29/2025 CVE reserved
12/30/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
12/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/31/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vdp.patchstack.com
Researcher: Doan Dinh Van
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-68979 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-68979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-338772
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/30/2025 15:21
Updated: 12/31/2025 01:39
Changes: 12/30/2025 15:21 (54), 12/31/2025 01:39 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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