CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-75983
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-09-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
The Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.23. This is due to the `PermissionManager::manage_permissions()` function being registered as a callback on WordPress core's `map_meta_cap` filter and unconditionally returning the always-true `'exist'` primitive for every capability check whenever the evaluated user ID is 1, without scoping this behavior to plugin-specific capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers whose account is user ID 1, even subscribers, to pass every WordPress capability check, including `manage_options`, `edit_plugins`, `edit_themes`, `promote_users`, and `update_core`, thereby elevating their privileges to administrator-equivalent power and achieving full site takeover, including remote code execution via the plugin and theme editors. Exploitation is only impactful when user ID 1 has been deliberately demoted to a lower-privilege role as a common administrator-account hardening practice; on default installations where user ID 1 retains the administrator role, no incremental privilege gain occurs.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-event-solution/tags/4.1.21/core/AccessControl/PermissionManager.php#L24 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-event-solution/tags/4.1.21/core/AccessControl/PermissionManager.php#L52 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-event-solution/tags/4.1.21/core/Admin/AdminProvider.php#L32 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3689867%40wp-event-solution&new=3689867%40wp-event-solution plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff48db43-9cfa-4dab-b25e-bbc211121f6c?source=cve www.wordfence.com