Role Modification Vulnerability in Eventin WordPress Plugin by Eventin
CVE-2026-13173

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Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 August 2026

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-13173?

The Eventin WordPress plugin prior to version 4.1.21 suffers from a permissions oversight, allowing users with contributor-level access and higher to alter the roles and metadata of other users during speaker creation. This vulnerability enables unauthorized changes, potentially leading to privilege escalation and compromising the integrity of user management within the platform.

Affected Version(s)

Eventin 0 < 4.1.21

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi
WPScan
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