CVE-2025-6366 Event List <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks in the Event List WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-6366?
CVE-2025-6366 is a high-severity vulnerability in ovatheme.com Event List, published on 26 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Event List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's capabilities prior to updating their profile in the el_update_profile() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change their capabilities to those of an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6366?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6366?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6366 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6366 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6366 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc6p-23px-pmr4.