WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Eventin < 4.1.22 - Contributor+ Site Homepage Hijack and Event Taxonomy Manipulation via Missing Authorization
Description
The plugin does not properly check authorization on several of its event-management REST routes, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to change the site's front-page setting to an event they do not own and to create, edit and delete global event and speaker taxonomy terms they should not be able to manage.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Sai Praneeth Koti
Submitter
Sai Praneeth Koti
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-03 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-03 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-03 (about 1 day ago)