CVE-2026-18366 | BDVDB-2026-358276 Detail

Events Manager

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82767ce2-01e4-46ad-a52b-72d3ab2049bd/

Exploit#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82767ce2-01e4-46ad-a52b-72d3ab2049bd/

History#

Version 12026-08-12Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-08-12
Last modified: 2026-08-12

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: Events Manager

Score

9.8 Critical

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 43.0.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 7.1 and < 7.4.1
Fixed
7.4.1

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).