CVE-2025-4796 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Eventin plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 4.0.34. It allows unauthenticated attackers with contributor-level or higher permissions to take over user accounts, including administrators, by manipulating email addresses. The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation in the 'Eventin\Speaker\Api\SpeakerController::update_item' function, enabling attackers to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access. While rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themewinter:eventin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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