Privilege escalation in Ovatheme.com Event List
CVE-2025-6366
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Ovatheme.com Event List — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-6366?
- CVE-2025-6366 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovatheme.com Event List, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-26.
- How severe is CVE-2025-6366?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-6366 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.