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FKIE_CVE-2026-84901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-05 07:17 - Updated: 2026-09-06 11:18
Severity
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.22 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.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1906fd4-82ab-435f-bb07-e8f2db402029/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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