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Events Manager EUVDEUVD-2026-57099

| CVE-2026-18366 CRITICAL
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-08-12 WPScan GHSA-gpp5-qcrv-vm9j
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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9.8 CRITICAL

Unauthenticated network exploitation with a public exploit yields PR:N/AV:N; total account takeover gives C:H/I:H/A:H; AC kept Low despite the ID-collision precondition since low-numbered IDs are commonly attackable.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 12, 2026 - 20:36 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 12, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
9.8 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Aug 12, 2026 - 07:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 12, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 12, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Privilege escalation and account takeover in the Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1 lets unauthenticated attackers reset passwords, promote accounts to Administrator, or delete accounts whose user ID collides with the ID of one of the plugin's own posts. The flaw stems from the plugin overriding WordPress's own capability decisions for unrelated privileged user actions. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify site running Events Manager <7.4.1
Delivery
Find user ID matching event-post ID
Exploit
Send crafted unauthenticated user-action request
Execution
Plugin overrides WordPress capability check
Persist
Reset password or escalate to Administrator
Impact
Full site takeover

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the target WordPress account's numeric user ID exactly match the ID of one of the Events Manager plugin's own event posts - that ID collision is the specific, concrete precondition, and it is what limits exploitation to a subset of accounts on any given site rather than all accounts. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The signals are largely aligned toward high priority: CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity exploitation with total confidentiality/integrity/availability impact, and SSVC corroborates this with Automatable:yes and Technical Impact:total. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An unauthenticated attacker identifies a WordPress site running a vulnerable Events Manager version and determines that the site-owner administrator account (user ID 1) collides with an early Events Manager event-post ID. Using the publicly available exploit technique, the attacker sends a crafted request that the plugin mis-authorizes, changing that administrator's password or elevating an attacker-controlled account to Administrator. …
Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade the Events Manager plugin to version 7.4.1 or later, which properly scopes the capability mapping; this is the primary and recommended fix. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: Immediately upgrade Events Manager plugin to version 7.4.1 or later on all WordPress instances and verify successful deployment via the admin dashboard. …

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