CVE-2022-25599 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-25599: WordPress Spiffy Calendar plugin <= 4.9.0 - Event deletion via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Spiffy Plugins

Product Spiffy Calendar (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published February 21, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to event deletion was discovered in Spiffy Calendar WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.9.0).

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Spiffy Calendar for WordPress versions up to 4.9.0 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions within the plugin without the admin's knowledge or consent. This could allow modification of calendar settings or data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted calendar actions via a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Calendar settings or events could be modified or deleted without your knowledge if you visit a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit attacker's webpage while logged into WordPress.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 21, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25599 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-25599

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 5.4 / MEDIUM

Affected versions