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.

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Weaknesses



CWE-269

CVSS impact metrics


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

7.2 · High

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Published

2026-10-28T07:16:44.423Z

8 hours ago

Last modified

2026-10-28T13:46:33.207Z

1 hour ago