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.
Published: 2026-10-28
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce <= 5.7.8 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Privilege Escalation to 'page' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T06:45:05.954Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:24:43.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-109381

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-28T07:16:44.423

Modified: 2026-10-28T13:46:33.207

Link: CVE-2026-109381

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Updated: 2026-10-28T09:30:20Z

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