Events Made Easy <= 3.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Event Publication via 'event_status' Parameter
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-2927
- Plugin
- Events Made Easy (events-made-easy)
- Affected
- all versions before 3.3.8
- Remediation
- Update to 3.3.8 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-11-12
- Attack surface
- Events Made Easy on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Events Made Easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the 'event[event_status]' parameter of the frontend event submission form in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7, due to the submit handler accepting any user-supplied event status without checking whether the submitter holds the configured publish-event capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above (the default frontend submit permission), who would otherwise only be able to submit events with the configured 'Status for new event' (for example Draft), to publish events directly or give them any other status, bypassing moderation.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2927/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/events-made-easy/tags/3.3.8/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-made-easy/
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