CVE-2025-12646
CVSS 7.5 High
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published: 2025-11-19T06:15:46.073
The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘dayofyear’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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How to fix CVE-2025-12646
CVE-2025-12646 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
Description: The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘dayofyear’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into […]
Affected Versions:
❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 1.5.4
✅ Safe: ≥ 1.5.5
Exploit Difficulty: EASY
⏱️ Time to exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Required skills: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: Likely available
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 1.5.4)
- Update to ≥ 1.5.5 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Description: The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘dayofyear’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into […]
Affected Versions:
❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 1.5.4
✅ Safe: ≥ 1.5.5
Exploit Difficulty: EASY
⏱️ Time to exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Required skills: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: Likely available
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 1.5.4)
2 Immediate actions
- Update to ≥ 1.5.5 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
EASY
Time to Exploit: < 1 hour
Skills Required: Basic web security knowledge
Public Exploits: Likely available
Affected Versions
Vulnerable: ≤ 1.5.4
Safe: ≥ 1.5.5
Vulnerability Timeline
Nov 19, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Nov 19, 2025
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