WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Eventin < 4.1.24 - Contributor+ User Creation via Speaker Creation
Description
The plugin does not verify a user's capability to create accounts when adding a speaker, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to create new WordPress user accounts that carry capabilities beyond their own, including publishing content and uploading files, and, by supplying an email address they control, to obtain a working login to the created account.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-14 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-14 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-14 (about 1 day ago)