CVE-2026-109381
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce <= 5.7.8 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Privilege Escalation to 'page' Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.2 High
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2026
Description
The Mage Eventpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.8 This is due to the mep_grant_shop_manager_access() function hooking user_has_cap and unconditionally granting manage_options whenever an attacker-controllable request marker matches — most notably $_GET['page'] starting with 'mep_' or 'mpwem_', which is never validated against an actually registered EventPress screen. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator by appending ?page=mep_x to core admin URLs (options-general.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendarmagepeopleteam |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848-4b4e-986b-31287f8f0ae4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L504
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L432
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L405
- https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php
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