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.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:40:55.219Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:24:44.643Z

Link: CVE-2026-18366

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:40:52.526Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T06:20:07.460

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:17:41.430

Link: CVE-2026-18366

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T12:45:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management

  • CWE-284

    Improper Access Control