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CVE-2026-18366

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 12, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! Plugin · events-manager
    Confirmed match Active
    From 7.1 (including) to 7.4.1 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Events Manager — From 7.1 (including) to 7.4.1 (excluding)

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82767ce2-01e4-46ad-a52b-72d3ab2049bd/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record