WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin - Broken Access Control (CVE-2025-52731)

Q: Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin.

Q: How do I fix it?

Update WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin to the latest available version. Where the vendor has not yet published a fix, remove or disable the plugin until they do. Until you can update, Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

Q: What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Broken Access Control flaw. An attacker who exploits it can reach actions or data that should have been restricted to someone else.

Threat Timeline

2025-08-14 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
2026-06-17 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
2026-09-13 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 8 days ago

AI enriched 8 days ago (2026-09-13 00:56 UTC)

Technical Summary

Missing Authorization vulnerability in themefunction WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin eventin-pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin: from n/a through

Potential Impact

Severity is HIGH (CVSS 7.5). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as Medium based on low-bar exploit prerequisites.

Primary risk drivers: low-bar exploit prerequisites

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

AI risk score 74/100 (Elevated, Medium) with priority P3 Priority. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

Affected Products

WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin THEME · wordpress-event-manager-event-calendar-and-booking Affected: >= 0, <= 4.0.24 Fixed in: 4.0.25

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References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/eventin-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-event-manager-event-calendar-and-booking-plugin-plugin-4-0-24-arbitrary-content-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

What to do about this

Patch promptly The consequence is significant even where an attacker needs a foothold first.

Fix it

Update WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin to the latest available version.

Where the vendor has not published a fix yet, disable the plugin until they do.

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Inspect request parameters and bodies for injection, traversal and file-inclusion payloads, and refuse the request rather than logging it.

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Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin.

How do I fix it?

Update WordPress Event Manager, Event Calendar and Booking Plugin to the latest available version. Where the vendor has not yet published a fix, remove or disable the plugin until they do. Until you can update, Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Broken Access Control flaw. An attacker who exploits it can reach actions or data that should have been restricted to someone else.