CVE-2025-15043 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Migration Control
Authenticated subscribers can start, cancel, or revert database migrations, potentially dropping custom tables due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15043?
CVE-2025-15043 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp The Events Calendar, published on 20 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15043?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15043?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15043 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-15043 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15043 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-29f5-2fjm-2836.