Description
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.
References6
- github.com/magepeopleteam/mage-eventpress
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocom…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocom…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/woocom…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3754150/mage-eventpress/tr…
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076607ec-d848…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.2
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 37 · as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-269
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