CVE-2025-7663: Ovatheme Events Manager <= 1.8.6 - Missing Authorization

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-08 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Ovatheme Events Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions in the /class-ovaem-ajax.php file in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete ticket files, download tickets, and more.

Affected products

Ovatheme Events Manager: through 1.8.6

References

https://themeforest.net/item/em4u-event-management-multipurpose-wordpress-theme/20846579
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53f12e61-fdb0-4838-b733-fc4d7a4ff016?source=cve

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