Description
The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.24 does not verify a user's capability to create accounts when adding a speaker, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to create new WordPress user accounts that carry capabilities beyond their own, including publishing content and uploading files, and, by supplying an email address they control, to obtain a working login to the created account.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized privilege escalation via user account creation
Action: Upgrade
AI Analysis

Impact

The Eventin WordPress plugin fails to verify that a user has the necessary permissions when adding a speaker, allowing any contributor or higher-level user to create new WordPress accounts. Those accounts receive capabilities exceeding the creator’s own role, including content publishing and file uploads, and the creator can supply an email address they control to obtain a login credential for the created account. This flaw supplies a vector for attackers to establish privileged accounts that they can use to compromise the site is not a direct remote code execution flaw but results in complete elevation of authority within the WordPress installation.

Affected Systems

Eventin WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.1.24 are affected. The plugin is known under the Vendor/Product name "Eventin" and any installation running any pre-4.1.24 version is vulnerable; no other product versions are listed.

Risk and Exploitability

The EPSS score is reported as less than 1%, indicating that few attacks are expected to exploit this flaw. It is not included in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, the likely attack vector involves an authenticated contributor or higher-level user interacting with the speaker creation feature. While the inherent risk is that the attacker gains elevated privileges, the low EPSS suggests that exploitation cases are currently rare, yet the potential impact remains high for any compromised site.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 16, 2026 at 16:25 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the Eventin plugin to version 4.1.24 or newer, where the capability check during speaker creation is enforced.
  • If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict the speaker creation capability for all users below administrator level, either by adjusting the plugin’s role permissions or by deploying a role‑restriction plugin to remove the create_user capability from contributor accounts.
  • Audit recent user registration logs contributors and revoke or adjust those accounts’ capabilities.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 16, 2026 at 16:25 UTC.

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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-285

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Eventin
Eventin eventin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Eventin
Eventin eventin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.24 does not verify a user's capability to create accounts when adding a speaker, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to create new WordPress user accounts that carry capabilities beyond their own, including publishing content and uploading files, and, by supplying an email address they control, to obtain a working login to the created account.
Title Eventin < 4.1.24 - Contributor+ User Creation via Speaker Creation
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T06:00:13.363Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T15:31:30.838Z

Link: CVE-2026-84905

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:33.760

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:25:29.240

Link: CVE-2026-84905

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:30:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management

  • CWE-285

    Improper Authorization