CVE-2026-109381: magepeopleteam Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar (High, CVSS 7.2)
- CVSS
- 7.2 High (v3.1)
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 37.2% of CVEs)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not on CISA’s KEV list
- Public exploit
- None reported in public exploit databases
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
What it is
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.
Description from the National Vulnerability Database.
What to do
Check whether you run magepeopleteam Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar, then apply the vendor’s fix or mitigation from the advisories below.
Sources: NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, and public exploit databases (availability only). ThreatRoundup reports whether public exploit code exists but never links to it: fake proof-of-concepts that infect security researchers are common. This page updates automatically.