CVE-2025-6553 Ovatheme Events Manager <= 1.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites using this plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6553?
CVE-2025-6553 is a critical vulnerability in Ovatheme Events Manager, published on 11 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ovatheme Events Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the process_checkout() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6553?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6553?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6553 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6553 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6553 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7gc5-2qr3-584w.