Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running Events Manager <7.4.1
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DeliveryFind user ID matching event-post ID
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ExploitSend crafted unauthenticated user-action request
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ExecutionPlugin overrides WordPress capability check
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PersistReset password or escalate to Administrator
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ImpactFull site takeover
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | 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. No authentication and no user interaction are required (PR:N/UI:N), and the vulnerability is reachable over the network against affected versions 7.1 through 7.4.0. Limiting factors: the plugin must be installed and at a vulnerable version, and a usable ID collision must exist (low-numbered/high-value accounts like the primary administrator are the most likely and most impactful collisions). |
| Impact | 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. A public exploit exists and EPSS sits at an elevated 15%, well above the long-tail baseline, indicating meaningful real-world exploitation interest. The key tempering factor - one that raw CVSS does not capture - is the exploitation precondition: only accounts whose user ID happens to equal one of the plugin's own post IDs can be targeted, which narrows the set of directly-attackable accounts on any given site (though low-numbered IDs such as the ID 1 site owner are a plausible high-value collision). Because the exploit is automatable and the plugin is popular, defenders should not discount it: any mid-sized operator running a vulnerable version should treat patching as urgent rather than routine. Note it is NOT in CISA KEV, so this is POC-driven risk (publicly available exploit code exists) rather than confirmed active exploitation - do not conflate the two. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | 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. Given AV:N/AC:L and automatable exploitation, this can be scripted against many sites at scale. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 12, 2026
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. Publicly available exploit code exists (WPScan), EPSS is a notable 15%, and SSVC rates it automatable with total technical impact, though it is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
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. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, apply compensating controls: restrict or disable the plugin's event-management/post capabilities for untrusted and unauthenticated roles, place the WordPress admin and unauthenticated AJAX/REST endpoints behind a WAF rule or web-server access restriction to block unauthenticated user-management requests, and consider deactivating the plugin entirely (trade-off: event listings and bookings pages will stop functioning) until it can be updated. As a hardening measure against the ID-collision aspect, audit which user IDs coincide with existing event-post IDs, prioritizing protection of low-numbered administrator accounts. Refer to the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82767ce2-01e4-46ad-a52b-72d3ab2049bd/) for authoritative guidance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Events Manager is a widely used WordPress events/bookings plugin that registers its own custom post type and adds capability mapping for managing those event posts. The root cause is CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management): the plugin's capability mapping is scoped too broadly, so when WordPress evaluates permissions for sensitive user-account operations (password change, role change, account deletion), the plugin discards WordPress's legitimate access-control decision and substitutes its own event-post permission check. Because the check keys on a post ID rather than the target user, any WordPress user account whose numeric user ID equals one of the plugin's event-post IDs becomes actionable by a requester who only had rights over the event post. The affected component is cpe:2.3:a:unknown:events_manager, versions from 7.1 up to (but not including) 7.4.1.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.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.
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Latest POC
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Executive ViewAI
The Events Manager WordPress plugin (CVE-2026-18366) contains a critical vulnerability enabling unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator accounts and delete users. Publicly available exploit code exists, and any WordPress site running Events Manager before version 7.4.1 faces immediate risk of complete account takeover.
Apply vendor-released patch: Events Manager 7.4.1 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, disable the Events Manager plugin entirely until patched.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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