WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Eventin < 4.1.21 - Contributor+ User Role and Meta Modification via Speaker Creation

Description

The plugin does not verify the current user's permission to edit other users before assigning roles and updating user metadata during speaker creation, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to modify other users' roles and metadata.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.1.21

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi
Submitter
Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-17 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-08-17 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-17 (about 2 days ago)

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