What is CVE-2025-14029?

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Analysis Report · Folder Analysis cache/community-events_1.5.6 → cache/community-events_1.5.7 — CVE-2025-14029

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CVE-2025-14029 NVD

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community-events.php AI: 1 vulnerabilities 1 true positive CVE-2025-14029

--- cache/community-events_1.5.6/community-events.php	2026-01-18 00:19:17.727658553 +0000+++ cache/community-events_1.5.7/community-events.php	2026-01-18 00:19:26.228186925 +0000@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ /*Plugin Name: Community Events Plugin URI: https://ylefebvre.github.io/wordpress-plugins/community-events/ Description: A plugin used to manage events and display them in a widget-Version: 1.5.6+Version: 1.5.7 Author: Yannick Lefebvre Author URI: https://ylefebvre.github.io Copyright 2025  Yannick Lefebvre  (email : [email protected])@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ 		global $wpdb; 		$events = $_GET['eventlist']; -		if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['event_approval_nonce'], 'event_approval_nonce' ) ) {+		if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) || !wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['event_approval_nonce'], 'event_approval_nonce' ) ) { 			exit; 		}

AI Analysis

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Vulnerability Existed: yes
TRUE POSITIVE
Improper Access Control - CWE-284 - community-events.php - Lines 164

Old Code:
```php
if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['event_approval_nonce'], 'event_approval_nonce' ) ) {
    exit;
}
```

Fixed Code:
```php
if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) || !wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['event_approval_nonce'], 'event_approval_nonce' ) ) {
    exit;
}
```

Explanation:
The original code only validated a nonce without checking user permissions. This is a critical access control vulnerability (CWE-284). Any authenticated WordPress user could forge or guess the nonce and approve events, even if they lacked administrative privileges. The fix adds a `current_user_can( 'manage_options' )` check, ensuring only users with administrator capability can approve events. This follows WordPress security best practices by requiring both capability check AND nonce validation before processing sensitive operations.

CVE Analysis Results:

CVE-2025-14029: Yes

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The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_admin_event_approval() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve arbitrary events via the 'eventlist' parameter.

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