High severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-109381
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce <= 5.7.8 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Privilege Escalation to 'page' Parameter
New
7.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EB
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar · magepeopleteam
through 5.7.8 · source: vendor
Affected product
EB
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
magepeopleteam
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109381
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109381
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848-4b4e-986b-31287f8f0ae4?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L504
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L432
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php#L405
github.com
https://github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocommerce-event-press.php
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