CVE-2026-109381
The Mage Eventpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to…
- Risk score
- 43/100
- CVSS
- 7.2 v3.1
- Published
- 28 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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 $_G…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.2 high
References
- https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L405
- 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#L504
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848-4b4e-986b-31287f8f0ae4?source=cve
Original 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.
Last activity 28 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.