CVE-2026-18366

Events Manager < 7.4.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Published Aug 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1 does not properly scope its capability mapping, discarding the access control decisions WordPress already made for unrelated privileged actions, which allows unauthenticated users to change the password of, escalate to Administrator, or delete any account whose user ID happens to match the ID of one of the Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1's own posts.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Events Manager Project
Events Manager Project events Manager
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Events Manager Project
Events Manager Project events Manager
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Description The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1 does not properly scope its capability mapping, discarding the access control decisions WordPress already made for unrelated privileged actions, which allows unauthenticated users to change the password of, escalate to Administrator, or delete any account whose user ID happens to match the ID of one of the Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1's own posts.
Title Events Manager < 7.4.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 12, 2026, 7:40 PM
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026, 9:24 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 12, 2026, 6:20 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:30 PM