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CVE-2025-48116 (GCVE-0-2025-48116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-16 15:45 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:12
VLAI
Title
WordPress EventON plugin <= 2.4.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ashan Perera EventON eventon-lite allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects EventON: from n/a through <= 2.4.4.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-16 16:37 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ashan Perera EventON Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.4 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:41
Credits
Martino Spagnuolo (r3verii) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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