{"id":"CVE-2026-109381","published":"2026-10-28T07:16:44.423","lastModified":"2026-10-28T07:16:44.423","description":"The Mage Eventpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.8 This is due to the mep_grant_shop_manager_access() function hooking user_has_cap and unconditionally granting manage_options whenever an attacker-controllable request marker matches — most notably $_GET['page'] starting with 'mep_' or 'mpwem_', which is never validated against an actually registered EventPress screen. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator by appending ?page=mep_x to core admin URLs (options-general.","cvssScore":7.2,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-269"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L405","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L432","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L504","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848-4b4e-986b-31287f8f0ae4?source=cve","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}