CVE-2026-109381
highThe 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_manage…
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.p... security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.p... security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.p... security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-eve... security@wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848-4b4e-986b-31287f8f... security@wordfence.com