The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.13 on WordPress Data Migration start_migration/cancel_migration/revert_migration authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.13 on WordPress. Affected is the function start_migration/cancel_migration/revert_migration of the component Data Migration Handler. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-15043. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.13 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function start_migration/cancel_migration/revert_migration of the component Data Migration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'start_migration', 'cancel_migration', and 'revert_migration' functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to start, cancel, or revert the Custom Tables V1 database migration, including dropping the custom database tables entirely via the revert action.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-15043. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2026).

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

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• Calendar Software

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• The Events Calendar Plugin

Version

• 6.15.0
• 6.15.1
• 6.15.2
• 6.15.3
• 6.15.4
• 6.15.5
• 6.15.6
• 6.15.7
• 6.15.8
• 6.15.9
• 6.15.10
• 6.15.11
• 6.15.12
• 6.15.13

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