Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-84901Eventin < 4.1.22 - Contributor+ Site Homepage Hijack and Event Taxonomy Manipulation via Missing Authorization
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Eventin from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1906fd4-82ab-435f-bb07-e8f2db402029/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description