WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Eventin < 4.0.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via User Email Change/Account Takeover

Description

The Eventin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.34. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity or capability prior to updating their details like email in the 'Eventin\Speaker\Api\SpeakerController::update_item' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.0.35

References

Classification

Type
IDOR
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
István Márton
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-08-08 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2025-08-08 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-08-08 (about 11 months ago)

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